Gmina Stary Sącz 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 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 town of Stary Sącz

Stary Sacz

Stary Sącz - is a town in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, seat of the municipality Stary Sącz. It's a one of the oldest towns in Poland, founded in 13th century.- Geography :...

, which lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 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 75 km (47 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 102.41 square kilometres (39.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 22,206 (out of which the population of Stary Sącz amounts to 8,987, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 13,219).

Villages

Apart from the town of Stary Sącz, Gmina Stary Sącz contains the villages and settlements of Barcice Dolne

Barcice Dolne

Barcice Dolne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stary Sącz, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Stary Sącz, south of Nowy Sącz, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has an approximate...

, Barcice Górne

Barcice Górne

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

, Gaboń

Gabon

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, Gaboń-Praczka

Gabon-Praczka

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

, Gołkowice Dolne, Gołkowice Górne, Łazy Biegonickie, Mostki

Mostki, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Moszczenica Niżna

Moszczenica Nizna

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

, Moszczenica Wyżna

Moszczenica Wyzna

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

, Myślec

Myslec

Myślec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stary Sącz, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Stary Sącz, south of Nowy Sącz, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of...

, Popowice

Popowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Popowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stary Sącz, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Stary Sącz, south of Nowy Sącz, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has an approximate...

, Przysietnica

Przysietnica, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Przysietnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzozów, within Brzozów County, Podkarpacie Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Brzozów, south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Skrudzina

Skrudzina

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

 and Wola Krogulecka

Wola Krogulecka

Wola Krogulecka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stary Sącz, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Stary Sącz, south of Nowy Sącz, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has an...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Stary Sącz is bordered by the towns 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 Szczawnica

Szczawnica

Szczawnica is a resort town in Nowy Targ County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. As of June 30, 2007, its population was 7,378....

, and by the gminas of Łącko, Nawojowa

Gmina Nawojowa

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

, Podegrodzie

Gmina Podegrodzie

Gmina Podegrodzie is a rural gmina in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Podegrodzie, 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...

 and Rytro

Gmina Rytro

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

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