Gmina Szerzyny 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 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 village of Szerzyny

Szerzyny

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

, which lies approximately 31 kilometres (19 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 99 km (62 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 82.24 square kilometres (31.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,211.

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

Gmina Szerzyny contains the villages and settlements of Czermna

Czermna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Ołpiny, Swoszowa

Swoszowa

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

, Szerzyny

Szerzyny

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

 and Żurowa

Zurowa

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Szerzyny is bordered by the gminas of Biecz

Gmina Biecz

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

, Brzyska

Gmina Brzyska

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

, Jodłowa, Ryglice

Gmina Ryglice

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

, Rzepiennik Strzyżewski

Gmina Rzepiennik Strzyzewski

Gmina Rzepiennik Strzyżewski is a rural gmina in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Rzepiennik Strzyżewski, which lies approximately south of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...

, Skołyszyn 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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