Gmina Biecz is an urban-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 Gorlice County

Gorlice County

Gorlice County is a unit of territorial administration and local government 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 reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Gorlice,...

, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Małopolska Voivodeship , or Lesser Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, in southern Poland...

, in southern 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 town of Biecz

Biecz

Biecz is a town and municipality in southeastern Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Gorlice County. It is in the Carpathian Mountains, in the Doły Jasielsko Sanockie, by the Ropa River...

, which lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Gorlice

Gorlice

Gorlice is a city and an urban municipality in south eastern Poland with around 29,500 inhabitants . It is situated south east of Kraków and south of Tarnów between Jasło and Nowy Sącz in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship , previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship...

 and 102 km (63 mi) east of the regional capital Kraków

Kraków

Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

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The gmina covers an area of 99.28 square kilometres (38.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 16,874 (out of which the population of Biecz amounts to 4,585, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,289).

Villages

Apart from the town of Biecz, Gmina Biecz contains the villages and settlements of Babiniec

Babiniec, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Babiniec is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Binarowa

Binarowa

Binarowa is a village in southern Poland.The village is the site of St. Michael's Archangel church, built in the beginning of 16th century. This is one of the six Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland, on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since 2003....

, Bugaj

Bugaj, Gorlice County

Bugaj is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Bukowina

Bukowina, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Bukowina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Czyżówka

Czyzówka, Gorlice County

Czyżówka is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Dolna Niwa

Dolna Niwa

Dolna Niwa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Biecz, north-east of Gorlice, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Dział, Firlitówka

Firlitówka

Firlitówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Fiszty

Fiszty

Fiszty is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Fortepian

Fortepian

Fortepian is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Głęboka, Górna Niwa

Górna Niwa

Górna Niwa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Biecz, north-east of Gorlice, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Grudna Kępska

Grudna Kepska

Grudna Kępska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Biecz, north-east of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Janikówka

Janikówka

Janikówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Kamieniec

Kamieniec, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Kamieniec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Kąty

Katy, Gorlice County

Kąty is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Kolonia Libusza

Kolonia Libusza

Kolonia Libusza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Biecz, north-east of Gorlice, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Korczyna

Korczyna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Korczyna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Biecz, north-east of Gorlice, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Lechowe Potoki

Lechowe Potoki

Lechowe Potoki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Libusza

Libusza, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Libusza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Biecz, north-east of Gorlice, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Łukowice, Maśluchowice

Masluchowice

Maśluchowice is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Nagórze

Nagórze, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Nagórze is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Padoły, Pasternik

Pasternik, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Pasternik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Biecz, north-east of Gorlice, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Piekło, Pisarzówka

Pisarzówka

Pisarzówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and southeast of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Podskale

Podskale, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Podskale is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Biecz, north-east of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Pola

Pola, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Pola is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Półrole, Racławice, Równia

Równia, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Równia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Równie

Równie

Równie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Rożnowice

Roznowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Rożnowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 1,436.-References:...

, Rzeki

Rzeki, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Rzeki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Biecz, north-east of Gorlice, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Serwoniec

Serwoniec

Serwoniec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Biecz, north-east of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Sitnica

Sitnica, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Sitnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Stawiska

Stawiska, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Stawiska is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Strzeszyn

Strzeszyn, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Strzeszyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Szczegominy

Szczegominy

Szczegominy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Ukraina

Ukraina, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Ukraina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Wielki Potok

Wielki Potok

Wielki Potok is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Wilczak

Wilczak

Wilczak is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Biecz, north-east of Gorlice, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Wygon

Wygon, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Wygon is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Wyręby

Wyreby, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Wyręby is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Zagórze

Zagórze, Gorlice County

Zagórze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Zaropie

Zaropie

Zaropie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Biecz, north-east of Gorlice, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

 and Zielona Ulica

Zielona Ulica

Zielona Ulica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biecz, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Biecz, north of Gorlice, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Biecz is bordered by the gminas of Gorlice

Gmina Gorlice

Gmina Gorlice is a rural gmina in Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Gorlice, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Lipinki

Gmina Lipinki

Gmina Lipinki is a rural gmina in Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Lipinki, which lies approximately east of Gorlice and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Moszczenica

Gmina Moszczenica, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Gmina Moszczenica is a rural gmina in Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Moszczenica, which lies approximately north-west of Gorlice and south-east of the regional capital Kraków...

, Rzepiennik Strzyżewski

Gmina Rzepiennik Strzyzewski

Gmina Rzepiennik Strzyżewski is a rural gmina in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Rzepiennik Strzyżewski, which lies approximately south of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...

, Skołyszyn and Szerzyny

Gmina Szerzyny

Gmina Szerzyny is a rural gmina in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Szerzyny, which lies approximately south-east of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków....

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