Gmina Stryszawa 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 Sucha County

Sucha County

Sucha County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. Its administrative seat and largest town is Sucha Beskidzka, which lies south-west of the regional capital Kraków...

, 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 Stryszawa

Stryszawa

Stryszawa is a village, the seat of the administrative district of Gmina Stryszawa, within Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Lachowice, south-west of Sucha Beskidzka, and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a...

, which lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) west of Sucha Beskidzka

Sucha Beskidzka

-Famous people from Sucha Beskidzka:* Billy Wilder* Walery Goetel - geologist and palaeontologist; researcher of geological structure of the Tatra Mountains-Twin towns — sister cities:...

 and 50 km (31 mi) south-west 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 113.24 square kilometres (43.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population was 11,710.

Villages

Gmina Stryszawa contains the villages and settlements of Hucisko

Hucisko, Sucha County

Hucisko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stryszawa, within Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Stryszawa, south-west of Sucha Beskidzka, and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of...

, Krzeszów

Krzeszów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Krzeszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stryszawa, within Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Stryszawa, west of Sucha Beskidzka, and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of...

, Kuków

Kuków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Kuków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stryszawa, within Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Stryszawa, west of Sucha Beskidzka, and south-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Kurów

Kurów, Sucha County

Kurów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stryszawa, within Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Stryszawa, west of Sucha Beskidzka, and south-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Lachowice

Lachowice

Lachowice is a village in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is a sołectwo within the administrative district called Gmina Stryszawa. It lies approximately west of Sucha Beskidzka and south-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Pewelka

Pewelka

Pewelka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stryszawa, within Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Stryszawa, west of Sucha Beskidzka, and south-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Stryszawa

Stryszawa

Stryszawa is a village, the seat of the administrative district of Gmina Stryszawa, within Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Lachowice, south-west of Sucha Beskidzka, and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a...

 and Targoszów

Targoszów

Targoszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stryszawa, within Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Stryszawa, west of Sucha Beskidzka, and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Stryszawa is bordered by the town of Sucha Beskidzka

Sucha Beskidzka

-Famous people from Sucha Beskidzka:* Billy Wilder* Walery Goetel - geologist and palaeontologist; researcher of geological structure of the Tatra Mountains-Twin towns — sister cities:...

 and by the gminas of Andrychów

Gmina Andrychów

Gmina Andrychów is an urban-rural gmina in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Andrychów, which lies approximately west of Wadowice and south-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Jeleśnia

Gmina Jelesnia

Gmina Jeleśnia is a rural gmina in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Jeleśnia, which lies approximately south-east of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice....

, Koszarawa

Gmina Koszarawa

Gmina Koszarawa is a rural gmina in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border. Its seat is the village of Koszarawa, part of which forms a separate sołectwo called Koszarawa Bystra....

, Maków Podhalański

Gmina Maków Podhalanski

Gmina Maków Podhalański is an urban-rural gmina in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Maków Podhalański, which lies approximately east of Sucha Beskidzka and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006...

, Ślemień

Gmina Slemien

Gmina Ślemień is a rural gmina in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Ślemień, which lies approximately east of Żywiec and south-east of the regional capital Katowice...

, Zawoja

Gmina Zawoja

Gmina Zawoja is a rural gmina in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border. Its seat is the village of Zawoja, which lies approximately south of Sucha Beskidzka and south-west of the regional capital Kraków...

 and Zembrzyce

Gmina Zembrzyce

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

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