Gmina Lipnica Wielka 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 Lipnica Wielka

Lipnica Wielka, Nowy Targ County

Lipnica Wielka is a village in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Lipnica Wielka. It lies approximately west of Nowy Targ and south of the regional capital Kraków.Famous Residents:...

, which lies approximately 29 kilometres (18 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 69 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...

. It also contains the village of Kiczory

Kiczory, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Kiczory is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipnica Wielka, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia.The village has a population of 500.-References:...

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The gmina covers an area of 67.47 square kilometres (26.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,592.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Lipnica Wielka is bordered by the gminas of Jabłonka 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...

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