Gmina Wiśniowa 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 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 village of Wiśniowa

Wisniowa, Strzyzów County

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

, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) west 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...

 and 33 km (21 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 83.29 square kilometres (32.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,491.

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

Gmina Wiśniowa contains the villages and settlements of Jaszczurowa

Jaszczurowa, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

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

, Jazowa

Jazowa, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

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

, Kalembina

Kalembina

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

, Kozłówek, Kożuchów

Kozuchów, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

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

, Markuszowa

Markuszowa

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

, Niewodna

Niewodna

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

, Oparówka

Oparówka

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

, Pstrągówka

Pstragówka

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

, Różanka

Rózanka, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Różanka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wiśniowa, 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:...

, Szufnarowa

Szufnarowa

Szufnarowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wiśniowa, within Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Strzyżów and south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów. It's the place of birth of the 80's pop singer and...

, Tułkowice and Wiśniowa

Wisniowa, Strzyzów County

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wiśniowa is bordered by the gminas of Frysztak

Gmina Frysztak

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

, Strzyżów

Gmina Strzyzów

Gmina Strzyżów is an urban-rural gmina in Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Strzyżów, which lies approximately south-west 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...

 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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