__NOTOC__ Gmina Wiśniowa is a rural gmina (administrative district) in

Strzyżów County __NOTOC__ Strzyżów County ( pl, powiat strzyżowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local ...

Subcarpathian Voivodeship Subcarpathian Voivodeship or Subcarpathia Province (in pl, Województwo podkarpackie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in the southeastern corner of Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów. Along with the Marshall, it i ...

, in south-eastern

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 village of Wiśniowa, which lies approximately west of

Strzyżów Strzyżów is a town in Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, along the Wisłok river valley. Strzyżów is one of the towns within the Strzyżowsko-Dynowskie Foothill, located south-east of Kraków and 30 km from Rzesz ...

and south-west of the regional capital

Rzeszów Rzeszów ( , ; la, Resovia; yi, ריישא ''Raisha'')) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów has been the capital of the Subcarpathian ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,491. The gmina contains part of the protected area called

Czarnorzeki-Strzyżów Landscape Park Czarnorzeki-Strzyżów Landscape Park (''Czarnorzecko-Strzyżowski Park Krajobrazowy'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in south-eastern Poland, established in 1993, covering an area of . The Park lies within Podkarpackie Voivodeship: in ...

Villages

Gmina Wiśniowa contains the villages and settlements of Jaszczurowa, Jazowa, Kalembina, Kozłówek,

Kożuchów Kożuchów (; german: Freystadt in Schlesien) is a town in Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland. History The town was founded in the 12th century, when it was part of the Kingdom of Poland. It was granted town rights in 1273 in the process of Ostdieslung. ...

, Markuszowa,

Niewodna Niewodna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wiśniowa, within Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Strzyżów and south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów R ...

Oparówka Oparówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wiśniowa, within Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Strzyżów and south-west of the regional capital Rzesz� ...

Pstrągówka Pstrągówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wiśniowa, within Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Strzyżów and south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów ...

, Różanka,

Szufnarowa Szufnarowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wiśniowa, within Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Strzyżów , 32 km north-west of Krosno and south-west o ...

, Tułkowice and Wiśniowa.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wiśniowa is bordered by the gminas of Frysztak,

Wielopole Skrzyńskie Wielopole Skrzyńskie is a village (town in 1348 - 1933) in Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wielopole Skrzyńskie. It lies in hist ...

and

Wojaszówka Wojaszówka is a village in Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wojaszówka. It lies approximately north-west of Krosno and south-west of the reg ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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