Gmina Ropa 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 Ropa

Ropa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-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 95 km (59 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 49.09 square kilometres (19 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,058.

Villages

The gmina contains the villages of Klimkówka

Klimkówka, Gorlice County

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

, Łosie and Ropa

Ropa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Ropa is bordered by the town of Grybów

Grybów

Grybów is a town in the Nowy Sącz County, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship of Poland, with 12,409 inhabitants . It is located in the heartland of the Doły , and its average altitude is 370 metres above sea level, although there are some hills located within the confines of the city, Grybów has the...

 and by the gminas of 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....

, Grybów

Gmina Grybów

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

 and Uście Gorlickie

Gmina Uscie Gorlickie

Gmina Uście Gorlickie is a rural gmina in Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border...

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