Gmina Moszczenica 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 Gorlice County

Gorlice County

Gorlice County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It was created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Gorlice,...

, 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 Moszczenica

Moszczenica, Gorlice County

Moszczenica is a village in Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Moszczenica. It lies approximately north-west of Gorlice and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 4,706.-References:...

, which lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Gorlice

Gorlice

Gorlice is a city and an urban municipality in south eastern Poland with around 29,500 inhabitants . It is situated south east of Kraków and south of Tarnów between Jasło and Nowy Sącz in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship , previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship...

 and 93 km (58 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...

. The gmina also includes the village of Staszkówka

Staszkówka

Staszkówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Moszczenica, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Moszczenica, north-west of Gorlice, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

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The gmina covers an area of 37.6 square kilometres (14.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,711.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Moszczenica is bordered by the gminas of Biecz

Gmina Biecz

Gmina Biecz is an urban-rural gmina in Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Biecz, which lies approximately north-east of Gorlice and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Ciężkowice

Gmina Ciezkowice

Gmina Ciężkowice is an urban-rural gmina in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Ciężkowice, which lies approximately south of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Gorlice

Gmina Gorlice

Gmina Gorlice is a rural gmina in Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Gorlice, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Łużna and Rzepiennik Strzyżewski

Gmina Rzepiennik Strzyzewski

Gmina Rzepiennik Strzyżewski is a rural gmina in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Rzepiennik Strzyżewski, which lies approximately south of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...

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