Gmina Olszanica 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 Lesko County

Lesko County

Lesko County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the Slovak border. It was created in 2002 out of five gminas which previously made up the western part of Bieszczady County...

, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Podkarpackie Voivodeship , or Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów...

, in south-eastern 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 village of Olszanica

Olszanica, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Olszanica is a village in Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Olszanica. It lies approximately east of Lesko and south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, which lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) east of Lesko

Lesko

Lesko ; is a town in south-eastern Poland with a population of 5,755 . situated in the Bieszczady mountains. It is located in the heartland of the Doły , and its average altitude is above sea level, although there are some hills located within the confines of the city...

 and 71 km (44 mi) south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów

Rzeszów

Rzeszów is a city in southeastern Poland with a population of 179,455 in 2010. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River, in the heartland of the Sandomierska Valley...

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The gmina covers an area of 94.02 square kilometres (36.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,059.

The gmina contains part of the protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 called Słonne Mountains Landscape Park.

Villages

Gmina Olszanica contains the villages and settlements of Olszanica

Olszanica, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Olszanica is a village in Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Olszanica. It lies approximately east of Lesko and south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Orelec

Orelec

Orelec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olszanica, within Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Lesko and south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Paszowa

Paszowa

Paszowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olszanica, within Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Lesko and south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów.-References:...

, Rudenka

Rudenka

Rudenka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olszanica, within Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Lesko and south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów.-References:...

, Stefkowa

Stefkowa

Stefkowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olszanica, within Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Lesko and south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów.-References:...

, Uherce Mineralne

Uherce Mineralne

Uherce Mineralne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olszanica, within Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Lesko and south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Wańkowa

Wankowa

Wańkowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olszanica, within Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Olszanica, north-east of Lesko, and south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów.-References:...

 and Zwierzyń

Zwierzyn, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Zwierzyń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olszanica, within Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Olszanica, south-east of Lesko, and south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Olszanica is bordered by the gminas of Bircza

Gmina Bircza

Gmina Bircza is a rural gmina in Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Bircza, which lies approximately south-west of Przemyśl and south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Lesko

Gmina Lesko

Gmina Lesko is an urban-rural gmina in Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Lesko, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Solina

Gmina Solina

Gmina Solina is a rural gmina in Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It takes its name from its former seat, the village of Solina, which lies approximately south-east of Lesko and south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów...

, Tyrawa Wołoska and Ustrzyki Dolne

Gmina Ustrzyki Dolne

Gmina Ustrzyki Dolne is an urban-rural gmina in Bieszczady County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland...

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