Gmina Leśna 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 Lubań County

Luban County

Lubań County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of . Its administrative seat and...

, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in southwestern Poland...

, in south-western 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 Leśna

Lesna

Leśna is a town in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Leśna, close to the Czech border. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south of Lubań

Luban

Lubań is a town in southwest Poland north of the Jizera Mountains on the Kwisa river, with 22,137 inhabitants . Situated within the historic Upper Lusatia region, it today belongs to the Lower Silesian Voivodeship...

, and 125 kilometres (78 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The gmina covers an area of 104.5 square kilometres (40.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 10,739 (out of which the population of Leśna amounts to 4,752, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,987).

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Leśna is bordered by the town of Świeradów-Zdrój

Swieradów-Zdrój

Świeradów-Zdrój is a spa town in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland near the border with the Czech Republic. The town is located in the Kwisa valley of the Jizera Mountains, a part of the Sudetes range. It lies approximately south of Lubań, and west of the...

 and the gminas of Gryfów Śląski

Gmina Gryfów Slaski

Gmina Gryfów Śląski is an urban-rural gmina in Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...

, Lubań

Gmina Luban

Gmina Lubań is a rural gmina in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Lubań, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Mirsk

Gmina Mirsk

Gmina Mirsk is an urban rural gmina in Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, on the Czech border...

, Olszyna

Gmina Olszyna

Gmina Olszyna is an urban-rural gmina in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Olszyna, which lies approximately south-east of Lubań, and west of the regional capital Wrocław....

 and Platerówka

Gmina Platerówka

Gmina Platerówka is a rural gmina in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, on the Czech border...

. It also borders the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

.

Villages

Apart from the town of Leśna

Lesna

Leśna is a town in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Leśna, close to the Czech border. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, the gmina contains the villages of Bartoszówka

Bartoszówka, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Bartoszówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Grabiszyce Dolne

Grabiszyce Dolne

Grabiszyce Dolne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Grabiszyce Górne

Grabiszyce Górne

Grabiszyce Górne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Grabiszyce Średnie

Grabiszyce Srednie

Grabiszyce Średnie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Kościelniki Górne

Koscielniki Górne

Kościelniki Górne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximately north of Leśna, south of Lubań, and west of the regional capital Wrocław.-References:...

, Kościelniki Górne-Janówka

Koscielniki Górne-Janówka

Kościelniki Górne-Janówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximately north-east of Leśna, south of Lubań, and west of the regional capital...

, Kościelniki Średnie

Koscielniki Srednie

Kościelniki Średnie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Miłoszów, Pobiedna

Pobiedna, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Pobiedna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany ; previously it had been part of the historic Upper Lusatia region. The village has a population of 1,300...

, Smolnik

Smolnik, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Smolnik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximately north-west of Leśna, south of Lubań, and west of the regional capital Wrocław.-References:...

, Smolnik-Jurków

Smolnik-Jurków

Smolnik-Jurków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximately north-west of Leśna, south-west of Lubań, and west of the regional capital...

, Stankowice

Stankowice

Stankowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximately east of Leśna, south of Lubań, and west of the regional capital Wrocław.-References:...

, Stankowice-Sucha

Stankowice-Sucha

Stankowice-Sucha is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximately east of Leśna, south of Lubań, and west of the regional capital Wrocław.-References:...

, Świecie

Swiecie, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Świecie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Szyszkowa

Szyszkowa

Szyszkowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximately north of Leśna, south of Lubań, and west of the regional capital Wrocław.-References:...

, Wolimierz

Wolimierz

Wolimierz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, both near the German and near the Czech borders. The nearest towns are Mirsk and Swieradow Zdroj...

, Zacisze

Zacisze, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Zacisze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximately east of Leśna, south-east of Lubań, and west of the regional capital Wrocław.-References:...

, Złotniki Lubańskie and Złoty Potok.

Sources

• Polish official population figures 2006