Gmina Podegrodzie
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Gmina Podegrodzie 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 Nowy Sącz County
Nowy Sacz County
Nowy Sącz County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998...

, 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 Podegrodzie
Podegrodzie, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Podegrodzie is a village in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Podegrodzie. It lies approximately south-west of Nowy Sącz and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 1,700.-References:...

, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-west of Nowy Sącz
Nowy Sacz
Nowy Sącz is a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County, but is not included within the powiat.-Names:...

 and 72 km (45 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...

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The gmina covers an area of 63.74 square kilometres (24.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 11,607.

Villages

Gmina Podegrodzie contains the villages and settlements of Brzezna
Brzezna
Brzezna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Podegrodzie, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Nowy Sącz and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Chochorowice
Chochorowice
Chochorowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Podegrodzie, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.-References:...

, Długołęka-Świerkla, Gostwica
Gostwica
Gostwica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Podegrodzie, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Podegrodzie, west of Nowy Sącz, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Juraszowa
Juraszowa
Juraszowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Podegrodzie, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Podegrodzie, south-west of Nowy Sącz, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Mokra Wieś
Mokra Wies, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Mokra Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Podegrodzie, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Podegrodzie, west of Nowy Sącz, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Naszczowice
Naszczowice
Naszczowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Podegrodzie, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Nowy Sącz and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Olszana
Olszana
Olszana is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Podegrodzie, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Nowy Sącz and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Olszanka
Olszanka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Olszanka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Podegrodzie, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.-References:...

, Podegrodzie
Podegrodzie, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Podegrodzie is a village in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Podegrodzie. It lies approximately south-west of Nowy Sącz and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 1,700.-References:...

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

, Rogi
Rogi, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Rogi is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Podegrodzie, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.-References:...

 and Stadła.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Podegrodzie is bordered by the city of Nowy Sącz
Nowy Sacz
Nowy Sącz is a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County, but is not included within the powiat.-Names:...

 and by the gminas of Chełmiec, Łącko, Limanowa
Gmina Limanowa
Gmina Limanowa is a rural gmina in Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Limanowa, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Łukowica and Stary Sącz
Gmina Stary Sacz
Gmina Stary Sącz is an urban-rural gmina in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Stary Sącz, which lies approximately south-west of Nowy Sącz and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

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