Gmina Sanok 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 Sanok County

Sanok County

Sanok County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern 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...

, 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 town of Sanok

Sanok

Sanok is a town in south-eastern Poland with 39,110 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. It's the capital of Sanok County in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Previously, it was in the Krosno Voivodeship and in the Ruthenian Voivodeship , which was part of the Lesser Poland province...

, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.

The gmina covers an area of 231.38 square kilometres (89.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 16,802.

The gmina contains part of the protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 called Słonne Mountains Landscape Park.

Villages

Gmina Sanok contains the villages and settlements of Bykowce

Bykowce

Bykowce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sanok, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Sanok and south of the regional capital Rzeszów.The village has a population of 470....

, Czerteż

Czertez

Czerteż is a village in East Małopolska in the Lesser Beskid mountains, in the district called Gmina Sanok. It is situated below the main watershed at the foot of the Słonne Mountains, and has an elevation of 346 metres...

, Dębna

Debna

Dębna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sanok, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Sanok and south of the regional capital Rzeszów.-References:...

, Dobra

Dobra, Sanok County

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

, Falejówka

Falejówka

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

, Hłomcza, Jędruszkowce

Jedruszkowce

Jędruszkowce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sanok, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Sanok and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Jurowce

Jurowce, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

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

, Kostarowce

Kostarowce

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

, Lalin

Lalin, Poland

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

, Liszna

Liszna, Sanok County

Liszna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sanok, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Sanok and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Łodzina, Markowce

Markowce

Markowce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sanok, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Sanok and south of the regional capital Rzeszów.The village has a population of 510....

, Międzybrodzie

Miedzybrodzie

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

, Niebieszczany

Niebieszczany

Niebieszczany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sanok, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Sanok and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Pakoszówka

Pakoszówka

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

, Pisarowce

Pisarowce

Pisarowce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sanok, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Sanok and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Płowce, Prusiek

Prusiek

Prusiek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sanok, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Sanok and south of the regional capital Rzeszów.The village has a population of 700....

, Raczkowa

Raczkowa, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Raczkowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sanok, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Sanok and south of the regional capital Rzeszów.-References:...

, Sanoczek

Sanoczek, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Sanoczek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sanok, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Sanok and south of the regional capital Rzeszów.-References:...

, Srogów Dolny

Srogów Dolny

Srogów Dolny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sanok, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Sanok and south of the regional capital Rzeszów.-References:...

, Srogów Górny

Srogów Górny

Srogów Górny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sanok, within Sanok County, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland....

, Strachocina

Strachocina

Strachocina village in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, the southeastern part of Poland. During partitions this region of the country was called Galicia. It contains about 300 houses and 1100 inhabitants, and is about 12 km² It is the birth place of St...

, Stróże Małe, Stróże Wielkie

Stróze Wielkie

Stróże Wielkie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sanok, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Sanok and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Trepcza

Trepcza

Trepcza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sanok, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Sanok and south of the regional capital Rzeszów.The village has a population of 800....

, Tyrawa Solna

Tyrawa Solna

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

, Wujskie

Wujskie

Wujskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sanok, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Sanok and south of the regional capital Rzeszów.-References:...

, Zabłotce and Załuż.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Sanok is bordered by the gminas of Bircza

Gmina Bircza

Gmina Bircza is a rural gmina in Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Bircza, which lies approximately south-west of Przemyśl and south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Brzozów

Gmina Brzozów

Gmina Brzozów is an urban-rural gmina in Brzozów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Brzozów, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Bukowsko

Gmina Bukowsko

Gmina Bukowsko is a rural gmina in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Bukowsko, which lies approximately south-west of Sanok and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Dydnia

Gmina Dydnia

Gmina Dydnia is a rural gmina in Brzozów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Dydnia, which lies approximately east of Brzozów and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Lesko

Gmina Lesko

Gmina Lesko is an urban-rural gmina in Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Lesko, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Tyrawa Wołoska, Zagórz

Gmina Zagórz

Gmina Zagórz is an urban-rural gmina in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Zagórz, which lies approximately south-east of Sanok and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

 and Zarszyn

Gmina Zarszyn

Gmina Zarszyn is a rural gmina in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Zarszyn, which lies approximately west of Sanok and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

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