Gmina Bystra-Sidzina 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 Sucha County

Sucha County

Sucha County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. Its administrative seat and largest town is Sucha Beskidzka, which lies south-west of the regional capital Kraków...

, 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 village of Bystra

Bystra, Sucha County

Bystra is a village in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Bystra-Sidzina. It lies approximately south-east of Sucha Beskidzka and south of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 2,900.-References:...

; it also contains the village of Sidzina

Sidzina

Sidzina is a large village with a population of around 3,200, situated in southern Poland . It lies approximately south-east of Sucha Beskidzka and south of the regional capital Kraków....

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The gmina covers an area of 80.43 square kilometres (31.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,423.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Bystra-Sidzina is bordered by the town of Jordanów

Jordanów

----Jordanów .Jordanów was founded in 1564 by Spytko Jordan on the salt road from Kraków and Wieliczka to Orava and Hungary. In 1581 it got a right to organize annual fairs, which in 17th century became famous in south regions of the Crown. Main goods traded there were linen, cattle and salt.Since...

 and by the gminas of Jabłonka, Jordanów

Gmina Jordanów

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

, Maków Podhalański

Gmina Maków Podhalanski

Gmina Maków Podhalański is an urban-rural gmina in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Maków Podhalański, which lies approximately east of Sucha Beskidzka and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006...

, Spytkowice

Gmina Spytkowice, Nowy Targ County

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

 and Zawoja

Gmina Zawoja

Gmina Zawoja is a rural gmina in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border. Its seat is the village of Zawoja, which lies approximately south of Sucha Beskidzka and south-west of the regional capital Kraków...

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