Gmina Krynica-Zdrój 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 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...

, on the Slovak

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 border. Its seat is the town of Krynica-Zdrój, which lies approximately 31 kilometres (19 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 103 km (64 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 145.3 square kilometres (56.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 16,850 (out of which the population of Krynica-Zdrój amounts to 11,243, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,607).

Villages

Apart from the town of Krynica-Zdrój, Gmina Krynica-Zdrój contains the villages and settlements of Berest

Berest

Berest is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krynica-Zdrój, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately north of Krynica-Zdrój, south-east of Nowy Sącz, and south-east of the regional capital...

, Czyrna

Czyrna

Czyrna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krynica-Zdrój, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately north-east of Krynica-Zdrój, south-east of Nowy Sącz, and south-east of the regional...

, Mochnaczka Niżna

Mochnaczka Nizna

Mochnaczka Niżna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krynica-Zdrój, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately north-east of Krynica-Zdrój, south-east of Nowy Sącz, and south-east of the...

, Mochnaczka Wyżna

Mochnaczka Wyzna

Mochnaczka Wyżna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krynica-Zdrój, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately north-east of Krynica-Zdrój, south-east of Nowy Sącz, and south-east of the...

, Muszynka

Muszynka

Muszynka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krynica-Zdrój, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately south-east of Krynica-Zdrój, south-east of Nowy Sącz, and south-east of the regional...

, Piorunka

Piorunka

Piorunka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krynica-Zdrój, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately north of Krynica-Zdrój, south-east of Nowy Sącz, and south-east of the regional capital...

, Polany

Polany, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Polany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krynica-Zdrój, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately north of Krynica-Zdrój, south-east of Nowy Sącz, and south-east of the regional capital...

 and Tylicz

Tylicz

Tylicz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krynica-Zdrój, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately east of Krynica-Zdrój, south-east of Nowy Sącz, and south-east of the regional capital...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Krynica-Zdrój is bordered by the gminas of 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, Muszyna

Gmina Muszyna

Gmina Muszyna is an urban-rural gmina in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border...

 and Uście Gorlickie

Gmina Uscie Gorlickie

Gmina Uście Gorlickie is a rural gmina in Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border...

. It also borders Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

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