Gmina Tymbark 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 Limanowa County

Limanowa County

Limanowa County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern 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 largest town is Limanowa, which lies ...

, 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 Tymbark

Tymbark

Tymbark is a village in southern Poland, some 80 km south-east of Kraków, population 2,400 . It lies approximately west of Limanowa and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, which lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-west of Limanowa

Limanowa

Limanowa is a small town in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is the capital of Limanowa County....

 and 47 km (29 mi) south-east 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 32.7 square kilometres (12.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,243.

Villages

Gmina Tymbark contains the villages and settlements of Piekiełko, Podłopień, Zamieście

Zamiescie, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Zamieście is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tymbark, within Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Tymbark, north-west of Limanowa, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

 and Zawadka

Zawadka, Limanowa County

Zawadka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tymbark, within Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Tymbark is bordered by the town of Limanowa

Limanowa

Limanowa is a small town in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is the capital of Limanowa County....

 and by the gminas of Dobra

Gmina Dobra, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Jodłownik, Limanowa

Gmina Limanowa

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

 and Słopnice.