Gmina Bobowa 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 Bobowa

Bobowa

Bobowa is a town in the Gorlice County, Poland. Administratively attached to the Lesser Polish Voivodeship, it is located 18 kilometres from Gorlice, at Biała Tarnowska River. It was formerly a village, being granted a town status since 1 January 2009...

, which lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) west 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 82 km (51 mi) south-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...

. (Bobowa gained town status on 1 January 2009 – prior to that date the district was classed as a rural gmina.)

The gmina covers an area of 49.84 square kilometres (19.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 9,134, of which the population of Bobowa is 3,018.

Villages

Apart from the town of Bobowa, the gmina contains the villages and settlements of Berdechów

Berdechów

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

, Brzana Dolna

Brzana Dolna

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

, Brzana Górna

Brzana Górna

Brzana Górna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bobowa, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Bobowa, north-west of Gorlice, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków. The village has a population of...

 (the latter two forming a single sołectwo called Brzana), Jankowa

Jankowa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Sędziszowa

Sedziszowa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Siedliska

Siedliska, Gorlice County

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

, Stróżna

Strózna

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

 and Wilczyska

Wilczyska, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Bobowa is bordered by the gminas of Ciężkowice

Gmina Ciezkowice

Gmina Ciężkowice is an urban-rural gmina in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Ciężkowice, which lies approximately south of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Grybów

Gmina Grybów

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

, Korzenna

Gmina Korzenna

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

 and Łużna.