Gmina Poronin 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 Tatra County

Tatra County

Tatra 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 only 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...

. Its seat is the village of Poronin

Poronin

Poronin , is a village in southern Poland situated in Tatra County of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999 . It lies approximately north-east of Zakopane and south of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, which lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Zakopane

Zakopane

Zakopane , is a town in southern Poland. It lies in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998 it was in of Nowy Sącz Province, but since 1999 it has been in Lesser Poland Province. It had a population of about 28,000 as of 2004. Zakopane is a...

 and 80 km (50 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...

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The gmina covers an area of 83.55 square kilometres (32.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 10,706.

Villages

Gmina Poronin contains the villages and settlements of Bustryk

Bustryk

Bustryk is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poronin, within Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Poronin, north of Zakopane, and south of the regional capital Kraków....

, Małe Ciche, Murzasichle

Murzasichle

Murzasichle is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poronin, within Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Poronin, east of Zakopane, and south of the regional capital Kraków....

, Nowe Bystre

Nowe Bystre

Nowe Bystre is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poronin, within Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Poronin, north-west of Zakopane, and south of the regional capital Kraków....

, Suche

Suche, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Suche , is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poronin, within Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Poronin, north-east of Zakopane, and south of the regional capital Kraków....

 and Ząb

Zab, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Ząb is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poronin, within Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Poronin, north of Zakopane, and south of the regional capital Kraków....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Poronin is bordered by the town of Zakopane

Zakopane

Zakopane , is a town in southern Poland. It lies in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998 it was in of Nowy Sącz Province, but since 1999 it has been in Lesser Poland Province. It had a population of about 28,000 as of 2004. Zakopane is a...

 and by the gminas of Biały Dunajec, Bukowina Tatrzańska

Gmina Bukowina Tatrzanska

Gmina Bukowina Tatrzańska is a rural gmina in Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border...

, Czarny Dunajec

Gmina Czarny Dunajec

Gmina Czarny Dunajec is a rural gmina in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border...

 and Kościelisko

Gmina Koscielisko

Gmina Kościelisko is a rural gmina in Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border...

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