Gmina Leśna is an urban-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

Lubań County __NOTOC__ Lubań County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed i ...

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, in south-western

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. Its seat is the town of

Leśna Leśna () is a town in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Leśna. As of 2019, the town has a population of 4,439. Ge ...

, which lies approximately south of

Lubań Lubań (; ), sometimes called Lubań Śląski (; , ); is a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwest Poland. It is the administrative seat of Lubań County and also of the smaller Gmina Lubań (although it is not part of the territory ...

, and west of the regional capital

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 10,013.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Leśna is bordered by the town of

Świeradów-Zdrój Świeradów-Zdrój (; ) is a spa town in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland near the border with the Czech Republic. The town is located in the Kwisa valley of the Jizera Mountains, a part of the Sudetes range. It ...

and the gminas of

Gryfów Śląski Gryfów Śląski (), simplified to Gryfów (), is a historic town in Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Gryfów Śląski. As of 2019, the ...

Mirsk Mirsk is a town in Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Mirsk, close to the Czech border. It is situated on the upper Kwisa river north of ...

Olszyna Olszyna () is a town in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its name means "alder wood" in Polish. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Olszyna. A settlement dating back to the Middl ...

and

Platerówka Platerówka () () is a village in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Platerówka. It lies approximately south-west of Lubań, and west of the reg ...

. It also borders the

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Villages

Apart from the town of

, the gmina contains the villages of Bartoszówka, Grabiszyce Dolne, Grabiszyce Górne, Grabiszyce Średnie, Kościelniki Górne, Kościelniki Górne-Janówka, Kościelniki Średnie, Miłoszów, Pobiedna, Smolnik, Smolnik-Jurków,

Stankowice Stankowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Leśna, south of Lubań, and west of the regional capital Wrocław ...

Stankowice-Sucha Stankowice-Sucha is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Leśna, south of Lubań, and west of the regional capital Wro ...

Świecie Świecie (; ) is a town in northern Poland with 24,841 inhabitants (2023), capital of Świecie County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania. Founded ...

, Szyszkowa, Wolimierz, Zacisze,

Złotniki Lubańskie Złotniki Lubańskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Situated on the left bank of the Kwisa river, the settlement was formerly part of the hist ...

and Złoty Potok.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Leśna is twinned with: * Dolní Řasnice, Czech Republic (1999) * Horní Řasnice, Czech Republic (1999) *

Jindřichovice pod Smrkem Jindřichovice pod Smrkem () is a municipality and village in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Administrative division Jindřichovice pod Smrkem consists of two municipal parts (in bracket ...

, Czech Republic (1999) * Nové Město pod Smrkem, Czech Republic (1999) *

Leutersdorf Leutersdorf () is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps ...

, Germany (2000) *

Wyrzysk Wyrzysk is a town in Poland with 5,263 (2004) inhabitants, situated in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship. Geographic location Wyrzysk is located in the ethnocultural region of Krajna in northern Greater Poland, administratively it is p ...

, Poland (2003) *

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, Germany (2013)

References

Lesna Lubań County {{Lubań-geo-stub