__NOTOC__ Gmina Łukowica 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

Limanowa County __NOTOC__ Limanowa County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 19 ...

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, in southern

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. Its seat is the village of

Łukowica Łukowica is a village in Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Łukowica. It lies approximately south-east of Limanowa and south-east of the regiona ...

, which lies approximately south-east of

Limanowa Limanowa is a town in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is the capital of Limanowa County and had a population of 15,132 in 2012. History Mentions of the town date back to 1496, when it was documented as Ilmanowa, a rural es ...

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 9,285. In 2008 Łukowica was selected along with 19 other European villages in Germany, Poland, Italy and Spain for the Spanish documentary Film "Villages of Europe" (Pueblos de Europa), produced by Juan Frutos (Colours Communication Group) and Orange Productions S.L. According to the Ministry of Finance, as of 2014 Łukowica was the poorest

in Poland.

Villages

Gmina Łukowica contains the villages of Jadamwola, Jastrzębie,

, Młyńczyska, Owieczka, Przyszowa, Roztoka, Stronie, Świdnik

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Łukowica is bordered by the gminas of Kamienica, Łącko,

and Podegrodzie.

References

Polish official population figures 2006
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gmina Lukowica Lukowica Limanowa County