Gmina Niwiska 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 Kolbuszowa County

Kolbuszowa County

Kolbuszowa County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern 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 only town is Kolbuszowa, which...

, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Podkarpackie Voivodeship , or Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów...

, in south-eastern 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 Niwiska

Niwiska, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Niwiska is a village and the seat of the rural gmina of Gmina Niwiska in Kolbuszowa County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Kolbuszowa and north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.-Beginnings of the village:The village was founded in 1575 by...

, which lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of Kolbuszowa

Kolbuszowa

Kolbuszowa is a small town in south-eastern Poland, with 9,190 inhabitants .Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship , it is the capital of Kolbuszowa County.-History:The name of the town comes from the land owner Kolbusz...

 and 36 km (22 mi) north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów

Rzeszów

Rzeszów is a city in southeastern Poland with a population of 179,455 in 2010. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River, in the heartland of the Sandomierska Valley...

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The gmina covers an area of 95.192 square kilometres (36.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,780.

Villages

Gmina Niwiska contains the villages and settlements of Hucina

Hucina

Hucina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Niwiska, within Kolbuszowa County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Niwiska, west of Kolbuszowa, and north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.The village has a population of...

, Hucisko

Hucisko, Kolbuszowa County

Hucisko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Niwiska, within Kolbuszowa County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Niwiska, south-west of Kolbuszowa, and north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.The village has a population of 454....

, Kosowy

Kosowy

Kosowy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Niwiska, within Kolbuszowa County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Niwiska, west of Kolbuszowa, and north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Leszcze

Leszcze, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Leszcze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Niwiska, within Kolbuszowa County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Niwiska, south-west of Kolbuszowa, and north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.The village has a population...

, Niwiska

Niwiska, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Niwiska is a village and the seat of the rural gmina of Gmina Niwiska in Kolbuszowa County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Kolbuszowa and north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.-Beginnings of the village:The village was founded in 1575 by...

, Przyłęk, Siedlanka

Siedlanka

Siedlanka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Niwiska, within Kolbuszowa County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Niwiska, west of Kolbuszowa, and north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.The village has a population of...

, Trześń

Trzesn, Kolbuszowa County

Trześń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Niwiska, within Kolbuszowa County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Niwiska, south-west of Kolbuszowa, and north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.The village has a population of...

 and Zapole

Zapole, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Zapole is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Niwiska, within Kolbuszowa County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Niwiska, south-west of Kolbuszowa, and north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.The village has a population...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Niwiska is bordered by the gminas of Cmolas

Gmina Cmolas

Gmina Cmolas is a rural gmina in Kolbuszowa County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Cmolas, which lies approximately north of Kolbuszowa and north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Kolbuszowa

Gmina Kolbuszowa

Gmina Kolbuszowa is an urban-rural gmina in Kolbuszowa County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Kolbuszowa, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Mielec

Gmina Mielec

Gmina Mielec is a rural gmina in Mielec County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Mielec, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Ostrów

Gmina Ostrów

Gmina Ostrów is a rural gmina in Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Ostrów, which lies approximately west of Ropczyce and west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Przecław and Sędziszów Małopolski.