Gmina Stary Sącz

Gmina Stary Sącz Stary Sącz Commune
Gmina
Coat of arms
Coordinates (Stary Sącz): 49°33′45″N 20°38′11″E / 49.56250°N 20.63639°ECoordinates: 49°33′45″N 20°38′11″E / 49.56250°N 20.63639°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
County	Nowy Sącz County
Seat	Stary Sącz
Area
• Total	102.41 km^2 (39.54 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	22,206
• Density	220/km^2 (560/sq mi)
• Urban	8,987
• Rural	13,219
Website	http://www.stary.sacz.pl

Gmina Stary Sącz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Stary Sącz, which lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Nowy Sącz and 75 km (47 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków.

The gmina covers an area of 102.41 square kilometres (39.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 22,206 (out of which the population of Stary Sącz amounts to 8,987, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 13,219).

Villages

Apart from the town of Stary Sącz, Gmina Stary Sącz contains the villages and settlements of Barcice Dolne, Barcice Górne, Gaboń, Gaboń-Praczka, Gołkowice Dolne, Gołkowice Górne, Łazy Biegonickie, Mostki, Moszczenica Niżna, Moszczenica Wyżna, Myślec, Popowice, Przysietnica, Skrudzina and Wola Krogulecka.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Stary Sącz is bordered by the towns of Nowy Sącz and Szczawnica, and by the gminas of Łącko, Nawojowa, Podegrodzie and Rytro.

References

• Polish official population figures 2006