Gmina Czarny Dunajec 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 Nowy Targ County

Nowy Targ County

Nowy Targ County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern 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...

, 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...

, on the Slovak

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 border. Its seat is the village of Czarny Dunajec

Czarny Dunajec

Czarny Dunajec , is a village located in southern Poland near the Polish-Slovakian border. Czarny Dunajec is in the Nowy Targ County and in the Lesser Poland. Czarny Dunajec is about 60 miles south of Kraków.-External links:*...

, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) west of Nowy Targ

Nowy Targ

Nowy Targ is a town in southern Poland with 34,000 inhabitants , and the historical capital of the mountain region . The town is situated in the confluence of the rivers Biały and Czarny Dunajec, in a valley beneath the Gorce Mountains. It's in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship...

 and 70 km (43 mi) south 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...

.

The gmina covers an area of 218.34 square kilometres (84.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 21,186.

Villages

Gmina Czarny Dunajec contains the villages and settlements of Chochołów, Ciche

Ciche, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Ciche is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarny Dunajec, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately south-west of Nowy Targ and south of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a...

, Czarny Dunajec

Czarny Dunajec

Czarny Dunajec , is a village located in southern Poland near the Polish-Slovakian border. Czarny Dunajec is in the Nowy Targ County and in the Lesser Poland. Czarny Dunajec is about 60 miles south of Kraków.-External links:*...

, Czerwienne

Czerwienne

Czerwienne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarny Dunajec, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately south-west of Nowy Targ and south of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Dział, Koniówka

Koniówka

Koniówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarny Dunajec, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately south-west of Nowy Targ and south of the regional capital Kraków.The village has an...

, Odrowąż

Odrowaz, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Odrowąż is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarny Dunajec, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately north of Czarny Dunajec, west of Nowy Targ, and south of the regional capital Kraków.The...

, Piekielnik

Piekielnik

Piekielnik , is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarny Dunajec, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately west of Nowy Targ and south of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Pieniążkowice

Pieniazkowice

Pieniążkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarny Dunajec, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately north-west of Nowy Targ and south of the regional capital Kraków.The village has an...

, Podczerwone

Podczerwone

Podczerwone is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarny Dunajec, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia...

, Podszkle

Podszkle, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Podszkle , is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarny Dunajec, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately north-west of Czarny Dunajec, west of Nowy Targ, and south of the regional capital...

, Ratułów, Stare Bystre

Stare Bystre

Stare Bystre is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarny Dunajec, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately south-west of Nowy Targ and south of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Wróblówka

Wróblówka

Wróblówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarny Dunajec, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately west of Nowy Targ and south of the regional capital Kraków.The village has an...

 and Załuczne.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Czarny Dunajec is bordered by the gminas of Biały Dunajec, Jabłonka, Kościelisko

Gmina Koscielisko

Gmina Kościelisko is a rural gmina in Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border...

, Nowy Targ

Gmina Nowy Targ

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

, Poronin

Gmina Poronin

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

, Raba Wyżna

Gmina Raba Wyzna

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

 and Szaflary

Gmina Szaflary

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

. It also borders Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

.