__NOTOC__ Gmina Podgórzyn 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

Jelenia Góra County __NOTOC__ Karkonosze 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 pass ...

, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Podgórzyn, approximately south-west of

Jelenia Góra Jelenia Góra (; ; ) is a historic city in southwestern Poland, within the historical region of Lower Silesia. Jelenia Góra is situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, close to the Karkonosze mountain range running along the Polish-Czech bo ...

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 was s 8,260.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Podgórzyn is bordered by the towns of

, Karpacz,

Kowary Kowary () is a town in Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, with a population of around 11,000. It lies approximately south-east of Jelenia Góra, and south-west of the regional capital Wrocław. The town is ...

and

Piechowice Piechowice is a town in Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Jelenia Góra, and west of the regional capital Wrocław. , the town has a population of 6,194. History The a ...

and the gmina of

Mysłakowice Mysłakowice is a village in Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Mysłakowice. It lies approximately south-east of Jelenia Góra and west of ...

. It also borders the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

Villages

The gmina contains the villages of Borowice, Głębock, Marczyce, Miłków, Podgórzyn, Przesieka, Ściegny, Sosnówka,

Staniszów Staniszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Podgórzyn, within Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Jelenia Góra, and west of the regional capital Wrocła ...

and Zachełmie.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Podgórzyn is twinned with: * Desná, Czech Republic * Górzyca, Poland * Schirgiswalde-Kirschau, Germany * Smołdzino, Poland *

Špindlerův Mlýn Špindlerův Mlýn (; , formerly also ''Spindelmühle'') is a town in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. It lies in the Giant Mountains and is one of the most frequented ski resort ...

, Czech Republic

References

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