Gmina Kościelisko Explained

Gmina Kościelisko
Other Name:Kościelisko Commune
Settlement Type:Gmina
Total Type:Total
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lesser Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Tatra
Area Total Km2:136.37
Population Total:8035
Population As Of:2006
Population Density Km2:auto
Coor Pinpoint:Kościelisko
Coordinates:49.2908°N 19.8883°W
Seat:Kościelisko
Website:http://www.koscielisko.com.pl

Gmina Kościelisko is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border. Its seat is the village of Kościelisko, which lies approximately 5km (03miles) west of Zakopane and 860NaN0 south of the regional capital Kraków.

The gmina covers an area of 136.37km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 8,035.

Villages

The gmina contains the villages of Dzianisz, Kościelisko and Witów.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kościelisko is bordered by the town of Zakopane and by the gminas of Czarny Dunajec and Poronin. It also borders Slovakia.

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