Gmina Szaflary 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 Targ County

Nowy Targ County

Nowy Targ 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. Its administrative seat and largest town is...

, 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 Szaflary

Szaflary

Szaflary is a village in southern Poland situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999 . Szaflary has about 2,200 residents. There is a church, a fire station, and a few grocery stores in the village. The village lies along the Dunajec River.-See also:*Zakopianka*Dunajec River*Nowy...

, which lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of Nowy Targ

Nowy Targ

Nowy Targ is a town in southern Poland with 34,000 inhabitants , and the historical capital of the mountain region . The town is situated in the confluence of the rivers Biały and Czarny Dunajec, in a valley beneath the Gorce Mountains. It's in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship...

 and 71 km (44 mi) south 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 54.31 square kilometres (21 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 10,227.

Villages

The gmina contains the villages of Bańska Niżna

Banska Nizna

Bańska Niżna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szaflary, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Szaflary, south of Nowy Targ, and south of the regional capital Kraków....

, Bańska Wyżna

Banska Wyzna

Bańska Wyżna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szaflary, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Szaflary, south of Nowy Targ, and south of the regional capital Kraków....

, Bór

Bór, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Bór is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szaflary, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland....

, Maruszyna

Maruszyna

Maruszyna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szaflary, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Szaflary, south-west of Nowy Targ, and south of the regional capital Kraków....

, Skrzypne

Skrzypne

Skrzypne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szaflary, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Szaflary, south-west of Nowy Targ, and south of the regional capital Kraków....

, Szaflary

Szaflary

Szaflary is a village in southern Poland situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999 . Szaflary has about 2,200 residents. There is a church, a fire station, and a few grocery stores in the village. The village lies along the Dunajec River.-See also:*Zakopianka*Dunajec River*Nowy...

 and Zaskale

Zaskale, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Zaskale is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szaflary, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Szaflary, south-west of Nowy Targ, and south of the regional capital Kraków....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Szaflary is bordered by the town of Nowy Targ

Nowy Targ

Nowy Targ is a town in southern Poland with 34,000 inhabitants , and the historical capital of the mountain region . The town is situated in the confluence of the rivers Biały and Czarny Dunajec, in a valley beneath the Gorce Mountains. It's in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship...

 and by the gminas of Biały Dunajec, Bukowina Tatrzańska

Gmina Bukowina Tatrzanska

Gmina Bukowina Tatrzańska is a rural gmina in Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border...

, Czarny Dunajec

Gmina Czarny Dunajec

Gmina Czarny Dunajec is a rural gmina in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border...

 and Nowy Targ

Gmina Nowy Targ

Gmina Nowy Targ is a rural gmina in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowy Targ, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

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