Gmina Kamionka Wielka
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Gmina Kamionka Wielka 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 Nowy Sącz County
Nowy Sacz County
Nowy Sącz County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998...

, 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 Kamionka Wielka
Kamionka Wielka
Kamionka Wielka is a village in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Kamionka Wielka. It lies approximately south-east of Nowy Sącz and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 2,925.-References:...

, which lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Nowy Sącz
Nowy Sacz
Nowy Sącz is a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County, but is not included within the powiat.-Names:...

 and 82 km (51 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 63.01 square kilometres (24.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 9,158.

Villages

Gmina Kamionka Wielka contains the villages and settlements of Bogusza
Bogusza
Bogusza is a village in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Kamionka Wielka, south-east of Nowy Sącz, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-Geography:...

, Jamnica
Jamnica, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Jamnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kamionka Wielka, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of center of Nowy Sącz and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Kamionka Mała, Kamionka Wielka
Kamionka Wielka
Kamionka Wielka is a village in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Kamionka Wielka. It lies approximately south-east of Nowy Sącz and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 2,925.-References:...

, Królowa Górna
Królowa Górna
Królowa Górna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kamionka Wielka, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Kamionka Wielka, south-east of Nowy Sącz, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Królowa Polska
Królowa Polska
Królowa Polska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kamionka Wielka, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kamionka Wielka, east of Nowy Sącz, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Mszalnica
Mszalnica
Mszalnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kamionka Wielka, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.The village has an approximate population of 1,000.-References:...

, Mystków
Mystków
Mystków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kamionka Wielka, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Kamionka Wielka, east of Nowy Sącz, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of...

 and Zagóry
Zagóry, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Zagóry is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kamionka Wielka, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Nowy Sącz and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kamionka Wielka is bordered by the city of Nowy Sącz
Nowy Sacz
Nowy Sącz is a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County, but is not included within the powiat.-Names:...

 and by the gminas of Chełmiec, Grybów
Gmina Grybów
Gmina Grybów is a rural gmina in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Grybów, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

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

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