Gmina Żary 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 Żary County

Zary County

Żary County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland, on the German 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 Żary, which...

, Lubusz Voivodeship

Lubusz Voivodeship

- Administrative division :Lubusz Voivodeship is divided into 14 counties : 2 city counties and 12 land counties. These are further divided into 83 gminas....

, in western 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 Żary

Zary

Żary is a town in western Poland with about 39,900 inhabitants , situated in the Lubusz Voivodeship...

, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.

The gmina covers an area of 294.43 square kilometres (113.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 11,577.

Villages

Gmina Żary contains the villages and settlements of Biedrzychowice Dolne

Biedrzychowice Dolne

Biedrzychowice Dolne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żary, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Bieniów

Bieniów, Lubusz Voivodeship

Bieniów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żary, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Bogumiłów, Dąbrowiec

Dabrowiec, Lubusz Voivodeship

Dąbrowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żary, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Drozdów

Drozdów, Lubusz Voivodeship

Drozdów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żary, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Drożków

Drozków

Drożków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żary, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Grabik

Grabik, Lubusz Voivodeship

Grabik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żary, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Janików

Janików, Lubusz Voivodeship

Janików is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żary, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Kadłubia, Łaz, Lubanice

Lubanice

Lubanice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żary, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Lubomyśl

Lubomysl

Lubomyśl is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żary, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Łukawy, Marszów

Marszów

Marszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żary, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately east of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Miłowice, Mirostowice Dolne

Mirostowice Dolne

Mirostowice Dolne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żary, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Mirostowice Górne

Mirostowice Górne

Mirostowice Górne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żary, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Olbrachtów

Olbrachtów

Olbrachtów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żary, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Olszyniec

Olszyniec, Lubusz Voivodeship

Olszyniec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żary, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately east of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Rościce

Roscice

Rościce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żary, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately west of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Rusocice

Rusocice, Lubusz Voivodeship

Rusocice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żary, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Siodło, Stawnik

Stawnik

Stawnik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żary, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany ....

, Surowa

Surowa, Lubusz Voivodeship

Surowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żary, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Włostów and Złotnik.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Żary is bordered by the towns of Żagań

Zagan

Zagan may refer to:*Zagan - a demon in the Ars Goetia*Żagań - a town in west Poland...

 and Żary

Zary

Żary is a town in western Poland with about 39,900 inhabitants , situated in the Lubusz Voivodeship...

, and by the gminas of Iłowa, Jasień

Gmina Jasien

Gmina Jasień is an urban-rural gmina in Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the town of Jasień, which lies approximately north-west of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Lipinki Łużyckie, Nowogród Bobrzański

Gmina Nowogród Bobrzanski

Gmina Nowogród Bobrzański is an urban-rural gmina in Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowogród Bobrzański, which lies approximately south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Przewóz

Gmina Przewóz

Gmina Przewóz is a rural gmina in Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, on the German border. Its seat is the village of Przewóz, which lies approximately south-west of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

, Wymiarki

Gmina Wymiarki

Gmina Wymiarki is a rural gmina in Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the village of Wymiarki, which lies approximately south-west of Żagań and south-west of Zielona Góra....

 and Żagań

Gmina Zagan

Gmina Żagań is a rural gmina in Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the town of Żagań, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

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