Gmina Tyczyn 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 Rzeszów County

Rzeszów County

Rzeszów 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 is the city of Rzeszów, although the...

, 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 Tyczyn

Tyczyn

Tyczyn is a town in southern Poland with a population of 3,353 inhabitants . It is located in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship , in the Rzeszów County .- History :...

, which lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south 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 82.44 square kilometres (31.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 16,302 (out of which the population of Tyczyn amounts to 3,299, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 13,003).

Villages

Apart from the town of Tyczyn, Gmina Tyczyn contains the villages and settlements of Borek Stary

Borek Stary

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

, Hermanowa

Hermanowa

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

, Kielnarowa

Kielnarowa

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

 and Matysówka

Matysówka

Matysówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tyczyn, within Rzeszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.The village has a population of 1,157.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Tyczyn is bordered by the gminas of Błażowa, Boguchwała, Chmielnik

Gmina Chmielnik, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

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

, Hyżne

Gmina Hyzne

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

 and Lubenia

Gmina Lubenia

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

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