Gmina Szczawnica 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 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...

, near the border with Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

. Its seat is 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....

. The gmina covers an area of 87.9 square kilometres (33.9 sq mi) and has a population of 7380.

Until 1 January 2008, Szczawnica was an urban gmina (a town having gmina status). The urban-rural gmina (Gmina Szczawnica) was created when certain settlements which had been within the town's boundaries were designated as villages in their own right. These are Jaworki

Jaworki, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Jaworki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczawnica, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It was formerly part of the town of Szczawnica, but was made a separate village on 1 January 2008 . It includes the former villages of Biała Woda and...

 (including the former villages of Biała Woda and Czarna Woda) and Szlachtowa

Szlachtowa

Szlachtowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczawnica, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It was formerly part of the town of Szczawnica, but was made a separate village on 1 January 2008 .-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Szczawnica is bordered by Gmina Krościenko nad Dunajcem

Gmina Kroscienko nad Dunajcem

Gmina Krościenko nad Dunajcem is a rural gmina in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border...

, Gmina Łącko, Gmina 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...

, Gmina Rytro

Gmina Rytro

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

 and Gmina 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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