__NOTOC__ Gmina Gródek nad Dunajcem 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 __NOTOC__ 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 ...

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, in southern

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. Its seat is the village 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 ...

, which lies approximately north 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

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. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,896. The gmina contains part of the

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called

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Villages

Gmina Gródek nad Dunajcem contains the villages and settlements of Bartkowa, Bujne,

, Jelna, Jelna-Działy, Lipie, Podole-Górowa, Przydonica, Przydonica-Glinik, Rożnów, Roztoka,

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, Tropie and Zbyszyce.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Gródek nad Dunajcem is bordered by the gminas of Chełmiec,

Czchów Czchów (, ) is a town in Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,288 inhabitants as of December 2021. It lies on the Dunajec river, and along National Road Nr. 75. In the years 1928-2000, Czchów was a village. History The his ...

Korzenna Korzenna is a village in southern Poland situated in Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999 (it was previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998). It lies approximately north-east of Nowy Sącz and south-east of the regional capital Krak ...

Łososina Dolna Łososina Dolna is a village in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Łososina Dolna. It lies approximately north of Nowy Sącz and south-east of the ...

and

Zakliczyn Zakliczyn is a town in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 1,541 (2010). Zakliczyn lies on the right bank of the Dunajec river, surrounded by wooded hills above sea level. Zakliczyn has a town hall, located in ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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