Gmina Ryglice is an urban-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 Tarnów County

Tarnów County

Tarnów 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 is the city of Tarnów, although the city is...

, 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 town of Ryglice

Ryglice

Ryglice is a town in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Tarnów County, the seat of the urban-rural gmina Ryglice. Located about 30 km from Tarnów, near the town of Tuchów...

, which lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of Tarnów

Tarnów

Tarnów is a city in southeastern Poland with 115,341 inhabitants as of June 2009. The city has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, but from 1975 to 1998 it was the capital of the Tarnów Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the strategic east-west connection...

 and 88 km (55 mi) 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 116.81 square kilometres (45.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 11,438 (out of which the population of Ryglice amounts to 2,784, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,654).

The gmina contains part of the protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 called Pasmo Brzanki Landscape Park

Pasmo Brzanki Landscape Park

Pasmo Brzanki Landscape Park is a protected area in southern Poland, established in 1995.The Park is shared between two voivodeships: Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Subcarpathian Voivodeship...

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Villages

Apart from the town of Ryglice, Gmina Ryglice contains the villages and settlements of Bistuszowa

Bistuszowa

Bistuszowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ryglice, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately four miles west of Ryglice, south of Tarnów, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Joniny

Joniny

Joniny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ryglice, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Ryglice, south-east of Tarnów, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Kowalowa

Kowalowa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Kowalowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ryglice, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Ryglice, south-east of Tarnów, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Lubcza

Lubcza, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Lubcza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ryglice, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Ryglice, south-east of Tarnów, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Uniszowa

Uniszowa

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

, Wola Lubecka

Wola Lubecka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Wola Lubecka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ryglice, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Ryglice, south-east of Tarnów, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

 and Zalasowa

Zalasowa

Zalasowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ryglice, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Ryglice, south-east of Tarnów, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Ryglice is bordered by the gminas of Jodłowa, Pilzno

Gmina Pilzno

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

, Skrzyszów

Gmina Skrzyszów

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

, Szerzyny

Gmina Szerzyny

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

 and Tuchów

Gmina Tuchów

Gmina Tuchów is an urban-rural gmina in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuchów, which lies approximately south of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków....

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