Gmina Zagórz is an urban-rural gmina

Gmina

The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...

 (administrative district) in Sanok County

Sanok County

Sanok County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is...

, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Podkarpackie Voivodeship , or Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów...

, in south-eastern Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. Its seat is the town of Zagórz

Zagórz

Zagórz is a town in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, on the river Osława in the Bukowsko Upland mountains, located near the towns of Medzilaborce and Palota...

, which lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Sanok

Sanok

Sanok is a town in south-eastern Poland with 39,110 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. It's the capital of Sanok County in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Previously, it was in the Krosno Voivodeship and in the Ruthenian Voivodeship , which was part of the Lesser Poland province...

 and 61 km (38 mi) south of the regional capital Rzeszów

Rzeszów

Rzeszów is a city in southeastern Poland with a population of 179,455 in 2010. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River, in the heartland of the Sandomierska Valley...

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The gmina covers an area of 160.05 square kilometres (61.8 sq mi), 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

Poles

thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...

 and Pogorzans.

The gmina contains part of the protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 called Cisna-Wetlina Landscape Park

Cisna-Wetlina Landscape Park

Cisna-Wetlina Landscape Park is a protected area in south-eastern Poland, established in 1992, covering an area of ....

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Villages

Apart from the town of Zagórz, Gmina Zagórz contains the villages and settlements of Brzozowiec

Brzozowiec, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Brzozowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zagórz, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Zagórz, south of Sanok, and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Czaszyn

Czaszyn

Czaszyn is a Polish village in the Sanok County in the East Małopolska in the Lesser Beskid mountains. The Roman Catholic church for the village of Czaszyn was located in the village, within the diocese of Przemyśl...

, Kalnica

Kalnica, Sanok County

Kalnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zagórz, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Zagórz, south of Sanok, and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Łukowe, Mokre

Mokre, Sanok County

Mokre is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zagórz, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Zagórz, south of Sanok, and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Morochów

Morochów

Morochów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zagórz, within Sanok County, in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of south-eastern Poland...

, Olchowa

Olchowa, Sanok County

Olchowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zagórz, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Zagórz, south of Sanok, and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Poraż

Poraz

Poraż is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zagórz, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Zagórz, south of Sanok, and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Średnie Wielkie

Srednie Wielkie

Średnie Wielkie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zagórz, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Zagórz, south of Sanok, and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Tarnawa Dolna

Tarnawa Dolna

Tarnawa Dolna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zagórz, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Zagórz, south of Sanok, and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Tarnawa Górna

Tarnawa Górna, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Tarnawa Górna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zagórz, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Zagórz, south of Sanok, and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

 and Zahutyń

Zahutyn

Zahutyń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zagórz, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Zagórz, south-east of Sanok, and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Zagórz is bordered by the town of Sanok

Sanok

Sanok is a town in south-eastern Poland with 39,110 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. It's the capital of Sanok County in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Previously, it was in the Krosno Voivodeship and in the Ruthenian Voivodeship , which was part of the Lesser Poland province...

 and by the gminas of Baligród

Gmina Baligród

Gmina Baligród is a rural gmina in Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Baligród, which lies approximately south of Lesko and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Bukowsko

Gmina Bukowsko

Gmina Bukowsko is a rural gmina in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Bukowsko, which lies approximately south-west of Sanok and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Komańcza

Gmina Komancza

Gmina Komańcza is a rural gmina in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, on the Slovak border. Its seat is the village of Komańcza, which lies approximately south-west of Sanok and south of the regional capital Rzeszów.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...

, Lesko

Gmina Lesko

Gmina Lesko is an urban-rural gmina in Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Lesko, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Rzeszów....

 and Sanok

Gmina Sanok

Gmina Sanok is a rural gmina in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Sanok, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

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