Gmina Raba Wyżna 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...

. Its seat is the village of Raba Wyżna

Raba Wyzna

Raba Wyżna is a village in Poland, situated in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Nowy Targ County. It is a seat of Raba Wyżna Commune. As of 2006, the village had 4116 inhabitants. Raba Wyżna is also the birthplace of Stanisław Dziwisz.-External links:*...

, which lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) north-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 55 km (34 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 88.28 square kilometres (34.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 13,525.

Villages

Gmina Raba Wyżna contains the villages and settlements of Bielanka

Bielanka, Nowy Targ County

Bielanka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Raba Wyżna, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Raba Wyżna, north-west of Nowy Targ, and south of the regional capital Kraków....

, Bukowina-Osiedle

Bukowina-Osiedle

Bukowina-Osiedle is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Raba Wyżna, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Raba Wyżna, north-west of Nowy Targ, and south of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a...

, Harkabuz

Harkabuz

Harkabuz , is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Raba Wyżna, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Raba Wyżna, north-west of Nowy Targ, and south of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Podsarnie

Podsarnie

Podsarnie , is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Raba Wyżna, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Raba Wyżna, north-west of Nowy Targ, and south of the regional capital Kraków....

, Raba Wyżna

Raba Wyzna

Raba Wyżna is a village in Poland, situated in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Nowy Targ County. It is a seat of Raba Wyżna Commune. As of 2006, the village had 4116 inhabitants. Raba Wyżna is also the birthplace of Stanisław Dziwisz.-External links:*...

, Rokiciny Podhalańskie

Rokiciny Podhalanskie

Rokiciny Podhalańskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Raba Wyżna, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Raba Wyżna, north-west of Nowy Targ, and south of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population...

, Sieniawa

Sieniawa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Sieniawa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Raba Wyżna, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Raba Wyżna, north-west of Nowy Targ, and south of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of...

 and Skawa

Skawa, Nowy Targ County

Skawa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Raba Wyżna, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Raba Wyżna, north-west of Nowy Targ, and south of the regional capital Kraków....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Raba Wyżna is bordered by the town of Jordanów

Jordanów

----Jordanów .Jordanów was founded in 1564 by Spytko Jordan on the salt road from Kraków and Wieliczka to Orava and Hungary. In 1581 it got a right to organize annual fairs, which in 17th century became famous in south regions of the Crown. Main goods traded there were linen, cattle and salt.Since...

 and by the gminas of 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...

, Jabłonka, 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....

, Lubień

Gmina Lubien

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

, Nowy Targ

Gmina Nowy Targ

Gmina Nowy Targ is a rural gmina in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowy Targ, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Rabka-Zdrój

Gmina Rabka-Zdrój

Gmina Rabka-Zdrój is an urban-rural gmina in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Rabka-Zdrój, which lies approximately north of Nowy Targ and south of the regional capital Kraków....

 and Spytkowice

Gmina Spytkowice, Nowy Targ County

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

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