Gmina Niedźwiedź 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 Limanowa County

Limanowa County

Limanowa 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 Limanowa, 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 Niedźwiedź

Niedzwiedz, Limanowa County

Niedźwiedź is a village in Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Niedźwiedź. It lies approximately west of Limanowa and south of the regional capital Kraków....

, which lies approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) west of Limanowa

Limanowa

Limanowa is a small town in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is the capital of Limanowa County....

 and 51 km (32 mi) south 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 74.44 square kilometres (28.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,757.

Villages

Gmina Niedźwiedź contains the villages and settlements of Konina

Konina, Limanowa County

Konina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Niedźwiedź, within Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Niedźwiedź, south-west of Limanowa, and south of the regional capital Kraków....

, Niedźwiedź

Niedzwiedz, Limanowa County

Niedźwiedź is a village in Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Niedźwiedź. It lies approximately west of Limanowa and south of the regional capital Kraków....

, Podobin

Podobin

Podobin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Niedźwiedź, within Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Niedźwiedź, west of Limanowa, and south of the regional capital Kraków....

 and Poręba Wielka

Poreba Wielka, Limanowa County

Poręba Wielka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Niedźwiedź, within Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Niedźwiedź, west of Limanowa, and south of the regional capital Kraków....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Niedźwiedź is bordered by the town of Mszana Dolna

Mszana Dolna

Mszana Dolna is a town in Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 7,431 inhabitants . Historically it was part of Galicia.- External links :* http://www.mszana-dolna.pl...

 and by the gminas of Kamienica

Gmina Kamienica

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

, Mszana Dolna

Gmina Mszana Dolna

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

, Nowy Targ

Gmina Nowy Targ

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

 and Rabka-Zdrój

Gmina Rabka-Zdrój

Gmina Rabka-Zdrój is an urban-rural gmina in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Rabka-Zdrój, which lies approximately north of Nowy Targ and south of the regional capital Kraków....

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