Gmina Koszarawa 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 Żywiec County

Zywiec County

Żywiec County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Silesian 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 only town is Żywiec,...

, Silesian Voivodeship

Silesian Voivodeship

Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centering on the historic region known as Upper Silesia...

, 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 Koszarawa

Koszarawa

Koszarawa is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Koszarawa. It lies approximately east of Żywiec, and south-east of the regional capital, Katowice.The village has a population of 2,538...

, part of which forms a separate sołectwo called Koszarawa Bystra.

The gmina covers an area of 31.24 square kilometres (12.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 2,493.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Koszarawa is bordered by the gminas of Jeleśnia

Gmina Jelesnia

Gmina Jeleśnia is a rural gmina in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Jeleśnia, which lies approximately south-east of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice....

, Stryszawa

Gmina Stryszawa

Gmina Stryszawa is a rural gmina in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Stryszawa, which lies approximately west of Sucha Beskidzka and south-west 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...

. 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...

.