Gmina Łukowica | |
Other Name: | Łukowica Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Poland |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Limanowa |
Area Total Km2: | 69.71 |
Population Total: | 9285 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coor Pinpoint: | Łukowica |
Coordinates: | 49.6167°N 49°W |
Seat: | Łukowica |
Website: | http://www.lukowica.iap.pl |
Gmina Łukowica is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Łukowica, which lies approximately 11km (07miles) south-east of Limanowa and 630NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Kraków.
The gmina covers an area of 69.71km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 9,285.
In 2008 Łukowica was selected along with 19 other European villages in Germany, Poland, Italy and Spain for the Spanish documentary Film "Villages of Europe" (Pueblos de Europa), produced by Juan Frutos (Colours Communication Group) and Orange Productions S.L.
According to the Ministry of Finance, as of 2014 Łukowica was the poorest gmina in Poland.[1]
Gmina Łukowica contains the villages of Jadamwola, Jastrzębie, Łukowica, Młyńczyska, Owieczka, Przyszowa, Roztoka, Stronie, Świdnik
Gmina Łukowica is bordered by the gminas of Kamienica, Łącko, Limanowa and Podegrodzie.