Gmina Ostrów
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Gmina Ostrów 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 Ropczyce-Sędziszów County
Ropczyce-Sedziszów County
Ropczyce-Sędziszów 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 largest town is...

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

, which lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) west of Ropczyce
Ropczyce
Ropczyce is a town in Subcarpathian Voivodeship in south-eastern Poland, situated in the Valley the Wielopolka River and is inhabited by 15,098 people . It is the seat of Ropczyce-Sędziszów County.-Geography:...

 and 30 km (19 mi) 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 96.62 square kilometres (37.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,808.

Villages

Gmina Ostrów contains the villages and settlements of Blizna
Blizna
Blizna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów, within Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Ostrów, north of Ropczyce, and north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów...

, Borek Mały, Kamionka
Kamionka, Ropczyce-Sedziszów County
Kamionka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów, within Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Ostrów, north-east of Ropczyce, and north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów. Kamionka lies on the...

, Kozodrza
Kozodrza
Kozodrza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów, within Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Ostrów, north-west of Ropczyce, and west of the regional capital Rzeszów.-References:...

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

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

, Sadykierz
Sadykierz, Ropczyce-Sedziszów County
Sadykierz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów, within Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Ostrów, north-west of Ropczyce, and west of the regional capital Rzeszów...

, Skrzyszów
Skrzyszów, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Skrzyszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów, within Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Ostrów, west of Ropczyce, and west of the regional capital Rzeszów.The village has a population of...

, Wola Ociecka
Wola Ociecka
Wola Ociecka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów, within Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Ostrów, north-west of Ropczyce, and west of the regional capital Rzeszów.-References:...

 and Zdżary
Zdzary
Żdżary may refer to the following places:*Żdżary, Konin County in Greater Poland Voivodeship *Żdżary, Turek County in Greater Poland Voivodeship...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Ostrów is bordered by the gminas of Dębica
Gmina Debica
Gmina Dębica is a rural gmina in Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Dębica, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

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

, Przecław, Ropczyce
Gmina Ropczyce
Gmina Ropczyce is an urban-rural gmina in Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland...

 and Sędziszów Małopolski.
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