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Gmina Strzyżów is an urban-rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Strzyżów County
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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 town 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 ...
, which lies approximately 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 20,645 (out of which the population of Strzyżów amounts to 8,703, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,942).
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
Apart from the town of Strzyżów, Gmina Strzyżów contains the villages and settlements of
Bonarówka,
Brzeżanka,
Dobrzechów,
Gbiska,
Glinik Charzewski,
Glinik Zaborowski
Glinik Zaborowski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Strzyżów, within Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Strzyżów and south-west of the regional capita ...
,
Godowa,
Grodzisko,
Łętownia,
Tropie,
Wysoka Strzyżowska,
Żarnowa,
Zawadka and
Żyznów.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Strzyżów is bordered by the gminas of
Czudec,
Korczyna,
Niebylec,
Wielopole Skrzyńskie,
Wiśniowa 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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