Gmina Lipnica Murowana 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 Bochnia County

Bochnia County

Bochnia 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 and largest town is Bochnia, which lies ...

, 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 Lipnica Murowana

Lipnica Murowana

Lipnica Murowana is a village in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Bochnia and south-east of the regional capital Kraków. It is the seat of the district called Gmina Lipnica Murowana, within Bochnia County....

, which lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) south-east of Bochnia

Bochnia

Bochnia is a town of 30,000 inhabitants on the river Raba in southern Poland. The town lies approximately in halfway [] between Tarnów and the regional capital Kraków . Bochnia is most noted for its salt mine, the oldest functioning in Europe, built circa 1248...

 and 48 km (30 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 60.62 square kilometres (23.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,480.

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 Wiśnicz-Lipnica Landscape Park

Wisnicz-Lipnica Landscape Park

Wiśnicz-Lipnica Landscape Park is a protected area in southern Poland, established in 1997, covering an area of ....

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Villages

Gmina Lipnica Murowana contains the villages and settlements of Borówna

Borówna

Borówna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipnica Murowana, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Lipnica Murowana, south-east of Bochnia, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Lipnica Dolna

Lipnica Dolna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Lipnica Dolna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipnica Murowana, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Lipnica Murowana, south-east of Bochnia, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a...

, Lipnica Górna

Lipnica Górna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Lipnica Górna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipnica Murowana, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Lipnica Murowana, south of Bochnia, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a...

, Lipnica Murowana

Lipnica Murowana

Lipnica Murowana is a village in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Bochnia and south-east of the regional capital Kraków. It is the seat of the district called Gmina Lipnica Murowana, within Bochnia County....

 and Rajbrot

Rajbrot

Rajbrot is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipnica Murowana, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Lipnica Murowana, south of Bochnia, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Lipnica Murowana is bordered by the gminas of 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....

, Gnojnik

Gmina Gnojnik

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

, Iwkowa

Gmina Iwkowa

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

, Laskowa

Gmina Laskowa

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

, Nowy Wiśnicz

Gmina Nowy Wisnicz

Gmina Nowy Wiśnicz is an urban-rural gmina in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowy Wiśnicz, which lies approximately south of Bochnia and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

 and Żegocina

Gmina Zegocina

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

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