Gmina Koprzywnica 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 Sandomierz County

Sandomierz County

Sandomierz County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central 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 Sandomierz,...

, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship

Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, or Świętokrzyskie Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is presently divided. It is situated in central Poland, in the historical province of Lesser Poland, and takes its name from the Świętokrzyskie mountain range...

, in south-central 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 Koprzywnica

Koprzywnica

Koprzywnica is a town in Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,546 inhabitants ....

, which lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) south-west of Sandomierz

Sandomierz

Sandomierz is a city in south-eastern Poland with 25,714 inhabitants . Situated in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship , previously in Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship . It is the capital of Sandomierz County . Sandomierz is known for its Old Town, a major tourist attraction...

 and 76 km (47 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kielce

Kielce

Kielce ) is a city in central Poland with 204,891 inhabitants . It is also the capital city of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodeship...

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The gmina covers an area of 69.19 square kilometres (26.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,043 (out of which the population of Koprzywnica amounts to 2,531, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,512).

Villages

Apart from the town of Koprzywnica, Gmina Koprzywnica contains the villages and settlements of Beszyce

Beszyce

Beszyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koprzywnica, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Koprzywnica, south-west of Sandomierz, and south-east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a...

, Błonie, Ciszyca

Ciszyca, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship

Ciszyca is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koprzywnica, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Koprzywnica, south-west of Sandomierz, and south-east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a...

, Dmosice

Dmosice

Dmosice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koprzywnica, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Koprzywnica, west of Sandomierz, and south-east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a population of...

, Gnieszowice

Gnieszowice

Gnieszowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koprzywnica, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Koprzywnica, south-west of Sandomierz, and south-east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a...

, Kamieniec

Kamieniec, Sandomierz County

Kamieniec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koprzywnica, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Koprzywnica, south-west of Sandomierz, and south-east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a...

, Krzcin

Krzcin

Krzcin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koprzywnica, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Koprzywnica, south-west of Sandomierz, and south-east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a...

, Łukowiec, Niedźwice

Niedzwice

Niedźwice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koprzywnica, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Koprzywnica, south-west of Sandomierz, and south-east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a...

, Postronna

Postronna

Postronna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koprzywnica, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Koprzywnica, west of Sandomierz, and south-east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a...

, Sośniczany

Sosniczany

Sośniczany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koprzywnica, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Koprzywnica, south-west of Sandomierz, and south-east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a...

, Trzykosy

Trzykosy

Trzykosy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koprzywnica, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Koprzywnica, south-west of Sandomierz, and south-east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a...

, Zarudcze

Zarudcze

Zarudcze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koprzywnica, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Koprzywnica, south-west of Sandomierz, and south-east of the regional capital Kielce.-References:...

, Zbigniewice

Zbigniewice

Zbigniewice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koprzywnica, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Koprzywnica, west of Sandomierz, and south-east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a population...

 and Zbigniewice-Kolonia

Zbigniewice-Kolonia

Zbigniewice-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koprzywnica, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Koprzywnica, south-west of Sandomierz, and south-east of the regional capital Kielce.The...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Koprzywnica is bordered by the city of Tarnobrzeg

Tarnobrzeg

Tarnobrzeg is a city in south-eastern Poland, on the east bank of the river Vistula, with 49,419 inhabitants, as of December 31, 2009. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship since 1999, it had previously been the capital of Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship...

 and by the gminas of Klimontów

Gmina Klimontów

Gmina Klimontów is a rural gmina in Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Klimontów, which lies approximately west of Sandomierz and south-east of the regional capital Kielce.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Łoniów and Samborzec

Gmina Samborzec

Gmina Samborzec is a rural gmina in Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Samborzec, which lies approximately south-west of Sandomierz and east of the regional capital Kielce.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

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