Gmina Maków Podhalański 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 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 town of Maków Podhalański

Maków Podhalanski

Maków Podhalański is a town in southern Poland. Population: 5,738 .Since 1999 situated in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Previously in Bielsko-Biala Voivodeship.-External links:*...

, which lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of Sucha Beskidzka

Sucha Beskidzka

-Famous people from Sucha Beskidzka:* Billy Wilder* Walery Goetel - geologist and palaeontologist; researcher of geological structure of the Tatra Mountains-Twin towns — sister cities:...

 and 42 km (26 mi) south-west 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...

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The gmina covers an area of 108.94 square kilometres (42.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 15,873 (out of which the population of Maków Podhalański amounts to 5,738, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,135).

Villages

Apart from the town of Maków Podhalański, Gmina Maków Podhalański contains the villages and settlements of Białka, Grzechynia

Grzechynia

Grzechynia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Maków Podhalański, within Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Maków Podhalański, south-east of Sucha Beskidzka, and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.The village...

, Juszczyn

Juszczyn, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Juszczyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Maków Podhalański, within Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Maków Podhalański, south-east of Sucha Beskidzka, and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a...

, Kojszówka

Kojszówka

Kojszówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Maków Podhalański, within Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Maków Podhalański, east of Sucha Beskidzka, and south of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population...

, Wieprzec

Wieprzec, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Wieprzec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Maków Podhalański, within Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Maków Podhalański, east of Sucha Beskidzka, and south of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of...

 and Żarnówka

Zarnówka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Żarnówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Maków Podhalański, within Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Maków Podhalański, east of Sucha Beskidzka, and south of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Maków Podhalański is bordered by the town of Sucha Beskidzka

Sucha Beskidzka

-Famous people from Sucha Beskidzka:* Billy Wilder* Walery Goetel - geologist and palaeontologist; researcher of geological structure of the Tatra Mountains-Twin towns — sister cities:...

 and by the gminas of Budzów

Gmina Budzów

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

, Bystra-Sidzina

Gmina Bystra-Sidzina

Gmina Bystra-Sidzina is a rural gmina in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Bystra; it also contains the village of Sidzina....

, 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....

, 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....

, Tokarnia

Gmina Tokarnia

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

, 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...

 and Zembrzyce

Gmina Zembrzyce

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

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