Gmina Rabka-Zdrój 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 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 town of Rabka-Zdrój

Rabka-Zdrój

Rabka-Zdrój , usually referred to as Rabka, is a spa town in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. It is located between Kraków and Zakopane in a valley on the northern slopes of the Gorce mountains, where the rivers Poniczanka and Słonka join the river Raba . In 2008 it had a population of 13,052...

, which lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) north 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 50 km (31 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 69.02 square kilometres (26.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 17,190 (out of which the population of Rabka-Zdrój amounts to 13,031, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,159).

Villages

Apart from the town of Rabka-Zdrój, rhe gmina contains the villages of Chabówka

Chabówka

Chabówka is a village located on the outskirts of the southern Polish town of Rabka, in the Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship. With population of 1,600 , Chabówka is a popular tourist attraction because of its location, near the Gorce Mountains.It also is an important rail junction,...

, Ponice

Ponice

Ponice is a village on the Poniczanka river, in Nowy Targ county, by the northwestern slopes of the Gorcy mountains in Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Rabka-Zdrój, north of Nowy Targ, and south of the regional capital Kraków....

 and Rdzawka

Rdzawka

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Rabka-Zdrój is bordered by the gminas of 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....

, Mszana Dolna

Gmina Mszana Dolna

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

, Niedźwiedź

Gmina Niedzwiedz

Gmina Niedźwiedź is a rural gmina in Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Niedźwiedź, which lies approximately west of Limanowa 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....

 and Raba Wyżna

Gmina Raba Wyzna

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

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