Gmina Zagórz Explained

Gmina Zagórz
Other Name:Zagórz Commune
Settlement Type:Gmina
Total Type:Total
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Subcarpathian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Sanok
Area Total Km2:161.48
Population Total:12725
Population As Of:2006
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:4990
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:7735
Coor Pinpoint:Zagórz
Coordinates:49.5167°N 38°W
Seat:Zagórz
Website:http://www.zagorz.pl

Gmina Zagórz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Zagórz, which lies approximately 6km (04miles) south-east of Sanok and 610NaN0 south of the regional capital Rzeszów.

The gmina covers an area of 160.05km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 12,725 (out of which the population of Zagórz amounts to 4,990, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,735). Ethnically the population of the region includes Poles and Pogorzans.

The gmina contains part of the protected area called Cisna-Wetlina Landscape Park.

Villages

Apart from the town of Zagórz, Gmina Zagórz contains the villages and settlements of Brzozowiec, Czaszyn, Kalnica, Łukowe, Mokre, Morochów, Olchowa, Poraż, Średnie Wielkie, Tarnawa Dolna, Tarnawa Górna and Zahutyń.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Zagórz is bordered by the town of Sanok and by the gminas of Baligród, Bukowsko, Komańcza, Lesko and Sanok.

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