Gmina Rytro 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 Sącz County

Nowy Sacz County

Nowy Sącz 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...

, 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 Rytro

Rytro

Rytro is a village in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Rytro. It lies approximately south of Nowy Sącz and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, which lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) south of Nowy Sącz

Nowy Sacz

Nowy Sącz is a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County, but is not included within the powiat.-Names:...

 and 83 km (52 mi) south-east 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 41.92 square kilometres (16.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,619.

Villages

The gmina contains the villages of Obłazy Ryterskie, Rytro

Rytro

Rytro is a village in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Rytro. It lies approximately south of Nowy Sącz and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

 and Sucha Struga

Sucha Struga

Sucha Struga is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rytro, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Rytro, south of Nowy Sącz, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Rytro is bordered by the town of Szczawnica

Szczawnica

Szczawnica is a resort town in Nowy Targ County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. As of June 30, 2007, its population was 7,378....

 and by the gminas of Nawojowa

Gmina Nawojowa

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

, Piwniczna-Zdrój

Gmina Piwniczna-Zdrój

Gmina Piwniczna-Zdrój is an urban-rural gmina in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border...

 and Stary Sącz

Gmina Stary Sacz

Gmina Stary Sącz is an urban-rural gmina in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Stary Sącz, which lies approximately south-west of Nowy Sącz and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

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