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Gmina Sękowa is a rural
gmina
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(administrative district) in
Gorlice County
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Gorlice County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It was created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government refo ...
,
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
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The province's name recalls the traditional name of a h ...
, in southern
Poland
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, on the
Slovak border. Its seat is the village of
Sękowa, which lies approximately south-east of
Gorlice and south-east of the regional capital
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,777.
Villages
Gmina Sękowa
contains the villages and settlements of
Banica,
Bartne,
Bodaki,
Czarne,
Jasionka,
Krzywa,
Lipna,
Małastów,
Męcina Mała,
Męcina Wielka,
Nieznajowa,
Owczary,
Pętna,
Radocyna,
Ropica Górna,
Sękowa,
Siary,
Wapienne and
Wołowiec.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Sękowa is bordered by the town of
Gorlice and by the gminas of
Dębowiec,
Gorlice,
Krempna
Krempna is a village in Jasło County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Krempna. It lies approximately south of Jasło and ...
,
Lipinki,
Osiek Jasielski and
Uście Gorlickie. It also borders
Slovakia
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.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
See also
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Sekowa
Gorlice County