__NOTOC__ Gmina Pleśna 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

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, in southern

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. Its seat is the village of Pleśna, which lies approximately south of

Tarnów Tarnów () is a city in southeastern Poland with 105,922 inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of 269,000 inhabitants. The city is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the strategic east– ...

and east of the regional capital

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. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,518.

Villages

Gmina Pleśna contains the villages and settlements of Dąbrówka Szczepanowska, Janowice, Lichwin, Łowczówek, Lubinka, Pleśna, Rychwałd, Rzuchowa,

Świebodzin Świebodzin (; ) is a town in western Poland with 20,744 inhabitants (2024). It is the capital of Świebodzin County in Lubusz Voivodeship. Świebodzin is an important transportation hub, lying at the crossroads of the Polish National roads in P ...

, Szczepanowice and Woźniczna.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Pleśna is bordered by the gminas of Gromnik,

Tuchów Tuchów is a town in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 6,476 (2004). It lies on the ''Biała'' river, at the height of above sea level. The distance to Kraków is , and to the border with Slovakia, approxim ...

, Wojnicz and Zakliczyn.

References

Polish official population figures 2006
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