Gmina Besko is a rural gmina

Gmina

The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...

 (administrative district) in Sanok County

Sanok County

Sanok County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is...

, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Podkarpackie Voivodeship , or Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów...

, in south-eastern Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. Its seat is the village of Besko

Besko

Besko is a village in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Besko. It lies approximately west of Sanok and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, which lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Sanok

Sanok

Sanok is a town in south-eastern Poland with 39,110 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. It's the capital of Sanok County in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Previously, it was in the Krosno Voivodeship and in the Ruthenian Voivodeship , which was part of the Lesser Poland province...

 and 51 km (32 mi) south of the regional capital Rzeszów

Rzeszów

Rzeszów is a city in southeastern Poland with a population of 179,455 in 2010. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River, in the heartland of the Sandomierska Valley...

. The gmina also contains the villages of Mymoń

Mymon

Mymoń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Besko, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Besko, west of Sanok, and south of the regional capital Rzeszów.-References:...

 and Poręby

Poreby, Sanok County

Poręby is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Besko, within Sanok County, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.The village has a population of 196....

.

The gmina covers an area of 27.6 square kilometres (10.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,242. Ethnic groups in the region include Poles

Poles

thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...

 and Pogorzans.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Besko is bordered by the gminas of Haczów

Gmina Haczów

Gmina Haczów is a rural gmina in Brzozów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Haczów, which lies approximately west of Brzozów and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Rymanów

Gmina Rymanów

Gmina Rymanów is an urban-rural gmina in Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Rymanów, which lies approximately south-east of Krosno and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

 and Zarszyn

Gmina Zarszyn

Gmina Zarszyn is a rural gmina in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Zarszyn, which lies approximately west of Sanok and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

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Massacre during Second World War

During the German Invasion of Poland in 1939, German forces on 11 September murdered 21 villagers. The victims include Poles and Ukrainians, one women and a priest.