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