Gmina Strzyżów 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 Strzyżów County

Strzyzów County

Strzyżów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Strzyżów, which lies ...

, 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 Strzyżów

Strzyzów

Strzyżów is a town in Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland with 8,709 inhabitants . Strzyżów is one of the towns within the Strzyżowsko-Dynowskie Foothill, located 160 km south-east of Kraków. Its building arrangement extends in the river of Wisłok valley, chained together with...

, which lies approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) south-west 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 140.23 square kilometres (54.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 20,645 (out of which the population of Strzyżów amounts to 8,703, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,942).

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 Czarnorzeki-Strzyżów Landscape Park

Czarnorzeki-Strzyzów Landscape Park

Czarnorzeki-Strzyżów Landscape Park is a protected area in south-eastern Poland, established in 1993, covering an area of ....

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Villages

Apart from the town of Strzyżów, Gmina Strzyżów contains the villages and settlements of Bonarówka

Bonarówka

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

, Brzeżanka

Brzezanka

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

, Dobrzechów

Dobrzechów

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

, Gbiska

Gbiska

Gbiska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Strzyżów, within Strzyżów County, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland....

, Glinik Charzewski

Glinik Charzewski

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

, Glinik Zaborowski

Glinik Zaborowski

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

, Godowa

Godowa

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

, Grodzisko

Grodzisko, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

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

, Łętownia, Tropie

Tropie, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

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

, Wysoka Strzyżowska

Wysoka Strzyzowska

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

, Żarnowa

Zarnowa

Żarnowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Strzyżów, within Strzyżów County, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.The village has an approximate population of 1,000....

, Zawadka

Zawadka, Strzyzów County

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

 and Żyznów

Zyznów

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Strzyżów is bordered by the gminas of Czudec

Gmina Czudec

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

, Korczyna

Gmina Korczyna

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

, Niebylec

Gmina Niebylec

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

, Wielopole Skrzyńskie

Gmina Wielopole Skrzynskie

Gmina Wielopole Skrzyńskie is a rural gmina in Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland...

, Wiśniowa

Gmina Wisniowa, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

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

 and Wojaszówka

Gmina Wojaszówka

Gmina Wojaszówka is a rural gmina in Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Wojaszówka, which lies approximately north-west of Krosno and south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

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