Gmina Zakliczyn 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 Tarnów County

Tarnów County

Tarnów 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 is the city of Tarnów, although the city 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 town of Zakliczyn

Zakliczyn

Zakliczyn is a town in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,558 inhabitants , on the right bank of the Dunajec River.Zakliczyn had town rights from 1557 to 1934, and regained them on January 1, 2006....

, which lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) south-west of Tarnów

Tarnów

Tarnów is a city in southeastern Poland with 115,341 inhabitants as of June 2009. The city has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, but from 1975 to 1998 it was the capital of the Tarnów Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the strategic east-west connection...

 and 68 km (42 mi) 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 122.55 square kilometres (47.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 12,242 (out of which the population of Zakliczyn amounts to 1,556, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,686).

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 Ciężkowice-Rożnów Landscape Park

Ciezkowice-Roznów Landscape Park

Ciężkowice-Rożnów Landscape Park is a protected area in southern Poland, established in 1995, covering an area of ....

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Villages

Apart from the town of Zakliczyn, Gmina Zakliczyn contains the villages and settlements of Bieśnik

Biesnik, Tarnów County

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

, Borowa

Borowa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Charzewice

Charzewice

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

, Dzierżaniny

Dzierzaniny

Dzierżaniny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zakliczyn, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Zakliczyn, south-west of Tarnów, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Faliszowice

Faliszowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Faliszowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zakliczyn, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Zakliczyn, southwest of Tarnów, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Faściszowa

Fasciszowa

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

, Filipowice

Filipowice, Tarnów County

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

, Gwoździec

Gwozdziec, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Jamna

Jamna

Jamna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zakliczyn, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Zakliczyn, south of Tarnów, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Kończyska

Konczyska

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

, Lusławice, Melsztyn

Melsztyn

Melsztyn is a village on the left bank of the Dunajec river in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Zakliczyn, south-west of Tarnów, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Olszowa

Olszowa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Paleśnica

Palesnica

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

, Roztoka

Roztoka, Tarnów County

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

, Ruda Kameralna

Ruda Kameralna

Ruda Kameralna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zakliczyn, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Zakliczyn, south-west of Tarnów, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Słona, Stróże

Stróze, Tarnów County

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

, Wesołów, Wola Stróska

Wola Stróska

Wola Stróska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zakliczyn, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Zakliczyn, south-west of Tarnów, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Wróblowice

Wróblowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Zawada Lanckorońska

Zawada Lanckoronska

Zawada Lanckorońska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zakliczyn, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Zakliczyn, south-west of Tarnów, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

 and Zdonia

Zdonia

Zdonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zakliczyn, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Zakliczyn, south-west of Tarnów, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Zakliczyn is bordered by the gminas of Ciężkowice

Gmina Ciezkowice

Gmina Ciężkowice is an urban-rural gmina in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Ciężkowice, which lies approximately south of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Czchów

Gmina Czchów

Gmina Czchów is an urban-rural gmina in Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Czchów, which lies approximately south of Brzesko and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Dębno

Gmina Debno, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Gmina Dębno is a rural gmina in Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Dębno, which lies approximately east of Brzesko and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Gródek nad Dunajcem

Gmina Gródek nad Dunajcem

Gmina Gródek nad Dunajcem is a rural gmina in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Gródek nad Dunajcem, which lies approximately north of Nowy Sącz and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006...

, Gromnik

Gmina Gromnik

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

, Korzenna

Gmina Korzenna

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

, Pleśna

Gmina Plesna

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

 and Wojnicz

Gmina Wojnicz

Gmina Wojnicz is an urban-rural gmina in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Wojnicz, which lies approximately south-west of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków....

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