Gmina Brzostek 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 Dębica County

Debica County

Dębica County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. 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 Dębica, which lies west...

, 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 town of Brzostek

Brzostek

Brzostek is a town in Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Brzostek. The town has a population of 2,597 . It lies approximately south of Dębica and west of the regional capital Rzeszów.- History :Brzostek gained its city...

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

The gmina covers an area of 122.62 square kilometres (47.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 13,022, out of which the population of Brzostek is 2,597.

The gmina contains part of the protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 called Czarnorzeki-Strzyżów Landscape Park

Czarnorzeki-Strzyzów Landscape Park

Czarnorzeki-Strzyżów Landscape Park is a protected area in south-eastern Poland, established in 1993, covering an area of ....

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Villages

Apart from the town of Brzostek, the gmina contains the villages and settlements of Bączałka, Bukowa

Bukowa, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Bukowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzostek, within Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Brzostek, south of Dębica, and south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Głobikówka, Gorzejowa

Gorzejowa

Gorzejowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzostek, within Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Dębica and west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Grudna Dolna

Grudna Dolna

Grudna Dolna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzostek, within Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Brzostek, south of Dębica, and west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Grudna Górna

Grudna Górna

Grudna Górna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzostek, within Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Brzostek, south of Dębica, and west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Januszkowice

Januszkowice, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

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

, Kamienica Dolna

Kamienica Dolna

Kamienica Dolna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzostek, within Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Brzostek, south of Dębica, and west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Kamienica Górna

Kamienica Górna

Kamienica Górna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzostek, within Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Brzostek, south of Dębica, and south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Klecie

Klecie, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Klecie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzostek, within Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Brzostek, south of Dębica, and south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Nawsie Brzosteckie

Nawsie Brzosteckie

Nawsie Brzosteckie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzostek, within Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Brzostek, south of Dębica, and south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.The village has a population of...

, Opacionka

Opacionka

Opacionka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzostek, within Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Dębica and south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Przeczyca

Przeczyca

Przeczyca is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzostek, within Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Dębica and west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Siedliska-Bogusz

Siedliska-Bogusz

Siedliska-Bogusz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzostek, within Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Brzostek, south of Dębica, and west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Skurowa

Skurowa

Skurowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzostek, within Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Brzostek, south of Dębica, and west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Smarżowa

Smarzowa

Smarżowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzostek, within Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Brzostek, south of Dębica, and west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Wola Brzostecka

Wola Brzostecka

Wola Brzostecka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzostek, within Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Dębica and west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

 and Zawadka Brzostecka

Zawadka Brzostecka

Zawadka Brzostecka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzostek, within Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Dębica and west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Brzostek is bordered by the gminas of Brzyska

Gmina Brzyska

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

, Dębica

Gmina Debica

Gmina Dębica is a rural gmina in Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Dębica, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Frysztak

Gmina Frysztak

Gmina Frysztak is a rural gmina in Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Frysztak, which lies approximately south-west of Strzyżów and south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Jodłowa, Kołaczyce, Pilzno

Gmina Pilzno

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

 and Wielopole Skrzyńskie

Gmina Wielopole Skrzynskie

Gmina Wielopole Skrzyńskie is a rural gmina in Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland...

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