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Gmina Maków Podhalański is an urban-rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Sucha County,
Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
. Its seat is the town of
Maków Podhalański
Maków Podhalański (known as ''Maków'' until 1930) is a town in southern Poland, on the Skawa
Skawa (german: Schaue) is a river in southern Poland, a right tributary of the Vistula. It originates in the Western Carpathians (Beskids), is lon ...
, which lies approximately east of
Sucha Beskidzka and south-west of the regional capital
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,873 (out of which the population of Maków Podhalański amounts to 5,738, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,135).
Villages
Apart from the town of Maków Podhalański, Gmina Maków Podhalański contains the villages and settlements of
Białka,
Grzechynia,
Juszczyn,
Kojszówka,
Wieprzec and
Żarnówka.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Maków Podhalański is bordered by the town of
Sucha Beskidzka and by the gminas of
Budzów,
Bystra-Sidzina,
Jordanów
Jordanów, is a town in southern Poland, on the Skawa river. As of 2018, the town had a population of 5,360.
History
Jordanów was founded in 1564 by Spytek Wawrzyniec Jordan on the salt road from Kraków and Wieliczka to Orava and Hungary. In ...
,
Stryszawa,
Tokarnia,
Zawoja and
Zembrzyce
Zembrzyce is a village in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Zembrzyce. It lies approximately north of Sucha Beskidzka and south-west of the regional c ...
.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Makow Podhalanski
Sucha County