Gmina Lyski 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 Rybnik County

Rybnik County

Rybnik County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Silesian 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 is the city of Rybnik, although the city is not...

, Silesian Voivodeship

Silesian Voivodeship

Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centering on the historic region known as Upper Silesia...

, 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 Lyski

Lyski

Łyski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Choroszcz, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Choroszcz and north-west of the regional capital Białystok.- Transport :...

, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) west of Rybnik

Rybnik

Rybnik is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship. Rybnik is located close to the border with the Czech Republic and just outside the southern border of the largest urban area in Poland, the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union...

 and 46 km (29 mi) west of the regional capital Katowice

Katowice

Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...

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The gmina covers an area of 57.83 square kilometres (22.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,924.

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 Rudy Landscape Park

Rudy Landscape Park

Rudy Landscape Park is a protected area in southern Poland, established in 1993, covering an area of .The Park lies within Silesian Voivodeship: in Gliwice County , Pszczyna...

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Villages

Gmina Lyski contains the villages and settlements of Adamowice

Adamowice, Silesian Voivodeship

Adamowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lyski, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Lyski, west of Rybnik, and west of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Bogunice

Bogunice

Bogunice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lyski, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Rybnik and west of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Dzimierz

Dzimierz

Dzimierz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lyski, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Rybnik and west of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Lyski

Lyski

Łyski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Choroszcz, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Choroszcz and north-west of the regional capital Białystok.- Transport :...

, Nowa Wieś

Nowa Wies, Rybnik County

Nowa Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lyski, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Rybnik and west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of 382....

, Pstrążna

Pstrazna

Pstrążna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lyski, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Rybnik and west of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Raszczyce

Raszczyce

Raszczyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lyski, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Rybnik and west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of 1,100....

, Sumina

Sumina, Silesian Voivodeship

Sumina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lyski, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Rybnik and west of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Zwonowice

Zwonowice

Zwonowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lyski, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Rybnik and west of the regional capital Katowice....

 and Żytna

Zytna

Żytna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lyski, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Rybnik and west of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Lyski is bordered by the towns of Racibórz

Racibórz

Racibórz is a town in southern Poland with 60,218 inhabitants situated in the Silesian Voivodeship , previously in Katowice Voivodeship...

 and Rybnik

Rybnik

Rybnik is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship. Rybnik is located close to the border with the Czech Republic and just outside the southern border of the largest urban area in Poland, the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union...

, and by the gminas of Gaszowice

Gmina Gaszowice

Gmina Gaszowice is a rural gmina in Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Gaszowice, which lies approximately west of Rybnik and west of the regional capital Katowice....

, Kornowac

Gmina Kornowac

Gmina Kornowac is a rural gmina in Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Kornowac, which lies approximately east of Racibórz and west of the regional capital Katowice....

, Kuźnia Raciborska

Gmina Kuznia Raciborska

Gmina Kuźnia Raciborska is an urban-rural gmina in Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Kuźnia Raciborska, which lies approximately north of Racibórz and west of the regional capital Katowice.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

 and Nędza

Gmina Nedza

Gmina Nędza is a rural gmina in Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Nędza, which lies approximately north-east of Racibórz and west of the regional capital Katowice....

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