Gmina Rakszawa 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 Łańcut 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 Rakszawa

Rakszawa

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

, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Łańcut and 22 km (14 mi) north-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 66.37 square kilometres (25.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,170.

Villages

Gmina Rakszawa contains the villages and settlements of Kąty Rakszawskie

Katy Rakszawskie

Kąty Rakszawskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rakszawa, within Łańcut County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Rakszawa, north of Łańcut, and north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów.-References:...

, Rakszawa

Rakszawa

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

, Węgliska

Wegliska, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

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

 and Wydrze

Wydrze

Wydrze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rakszawa, within Łańcut County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Rakszawa, north of Łańcut, and north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Rakszawa is bordered by the gminas of Czarna, Leżajsk

Gmina Lezajsk

Gmina Leżajsk is a rural gmina in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Leżajsk, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Sokołów Małopolski and Żołynia.