Gmina Piwniczna-Zdrój | |
Other Name: | Piwniczna-Zdrój Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Poland |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Nowy Sącz County |
Area Total Km2: | 126.7 |
Population Total: | 10313 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 5717 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 4596 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Piwniczna-Zdrój |
Coordinates: | 49.4353°N 20.7114°W |
Seat: | Piwniczna-Zdrój |
Website: | http://www.piwniczna.pl |
Gmina Piwniczna-Zdrój is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border. Its seat is the town of Piwniczna-Zdrój, which lies approximately 21km (13miles) south of Nowy Sącz and 890NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Kraków.
The gmina covers an area of 126.7km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 10,313 (out of which the population of Piwniczna-Zdrój amounts to 5,717, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,596).
Apart from the town of Piwniczna-Zdrój, Gmina Piwniczna-Zdrój contains the villages and settlements of Głębokie, Kokuszka, Łomnica-Zdrój, Młodów, Wierchomla Mała, Wierchomla Wielka and Zubrzyk.
Gmina Piwniczna-Zdrój is bordered by the town of Szczawnica and by the gminas of Łabowa, Muszyna, Nawojowa and Rytro. It also borders Slovakia.