__NOTOC__ Gmina Piwniczna-Zdrój 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

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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, on the Slovak border. Its seat is the town of

Piwniczna-Zdrój Piwniczna-Zdrój (until 1999 Piwniczna, , ''Pivnichna'') is a town in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, near the border with Slovakia. Piwniczna-Zdrój is the name of both the town and its administrative district called a gmina ...

, which lies approximately south 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 10,313 (out of which the population of Piwniczna-Zdrój amounts to 5,717, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,596).

Villages

Apart from the town of Piwniczna-Zdrój, Gmina Piwniczna-Zdrój contains the villages and settlements of Głębokie, Kokuszka, Łomnica-Zdrój, Młodów, Wierchomla Mała, Wierchomla Wielka and

Zubrzyk Zubrzyk (, ''Zubryk'') is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Piwniczna-Zdrój, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately south-east of Piwnicz ...

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Piwniczna-Zdrój is bordered by the town of

Szczawnica Szczawnica is a resort town in Nowy Targ County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. As of June 30, 2007, its population was 7,378. Szczawnica has been a well-known resort town since the mid nineteenth century. Due to the presence ...

and by the gminas of

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

Muszyna Muszyna is a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. Population: 4,989 (2006). It plays host to a railroad junction, located near border with Slovakia, with trains going into three directions - towards Nowy Sącz, Krynica-Zdrój an ...

Nawojowa Nawojowa is a village in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, South Poland. It belongs to the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Nawojowa. It is approximately south-east of Nowy Sącz and south-east of the regional capital K ...

and

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

. It also borders

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References

Polish official population figures 2006

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