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Gmina Chełmiec is a rural
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...
(administrative district) in
Nowy Sącz County
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Nowy Sącz County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local govern ...
,
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship ( ) is a voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of 3,404,863 (2019). Its capital and largest city is Kraków.
The province's name recalls the traditional name of a h ...
, in southern
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
. Its seat is the village of
Chełmiec, which lies approximately west of
Nowy Sącz
Nowy Sącz (; ; ; ; ) is a city in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County as a separate administrative unit. With a population of 83,116 as of 2021, it is the largest city in the Beskid S ...
and south-east of the regional capital
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 24,473.
Villages
Gmina Chełmiec contains the villages and settlements of
Biczyce Dolne,
Biczyce Górne,
Chełmiec,
Chomranice,
Dąbrowa,
Januszowa,
Klęczany,
Klimkówka,
Krasne Potockie,
Kunów,
Kurów
Kurów () is a town in eastern Poland, located in the historic province of Lesser Poland, between Puławy and Lublin, on the Kurówka River. It is capital of a separate gmina (municipality) called Gmina Kurów, within Lublin Voivodeship. The ...
,
Librantowa,
Marcinkowice,
Naściszowa,
Niskowa,
Paszyn,
Piątkowa,
Rdziostów,
Świniarsko,
Trzetrzewina,
Ubiad,
Wielogłowy,
Wielopole,
Wola Kurowska and
Wola Marcinkowska.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Chełmiec is bordered by the gminas of
Gródek nad Dunajcem Gródek or Grodek may refer to:
Places
Poland
* Gródek, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland)
* Gródek, Lesser Poland Voivodeship (south Poland)
* Gródek, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland)
* Gródek, Hrubieszów C ...
,
Grybów,
Kamionka Wielka,
Korzenna,
Limanowa
Limanowa is a town in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is the capital of Limanowa County and had a population of 15,132 in 2012.
History
Mentions of the town date back to 1496, when it was documented as Ilmanowa, a rural es ...
,
Łososina Dolna and
Podegrodzie.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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