Gmina Bobowa Explained

Gmina Bobowa
Other Name:Bobowa Commune
Settlement Type:Gmina
Total Type:Total
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lesser Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Gorlice
Area Total Km2:49.84
Population Total:9134
Population As Of:2006
Population Density Km2:auto
Coor Pinpoint:Bobowa
Coordinates:49.7°N 76°W
Seat:Bobowa
Website:http://www.bobowa.pl/

Gmina Bobowa is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Bobowa, which lies approximately 18km (11miles) west of Gorlice and 820NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Kraków. (Bobowa gained town status on 1 January 2009 – prior to that date the district was classed as a rural gmina.)

The gmina covers an area of 49.84km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 9,134, of which the population of Bobowa is 3,018.

Villages

Apart from the town of Bobowa, the gmina contains the villages and settlements of Berdechów, Brzana Dolna, Brzana Górna (the latter two forming a single sołectwo called Brzana), Jankowa, Sędziszowa, Siedliska, Stróżna and Wilczyska.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Bobowa is bordered by the gminas of Ciężkowice, Grybów, Korzenna and Łużna.

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