Coordinates: 49°21′0″N 22°17′0″E / 49.35000°N 22.28333°E / 49.35000; 22.28333

Gmina Baligród

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Gmina Baligród
Baligród Commune
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Coordinates (Baligród): 49°21′0″N 22°17′0″E / 49.35000°N 22.28333°E / 49.35000; 22.28333
CountryFile:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
VoivodeshipSubcarpathian
CountyLesko
SeatBaligród
Area
 • Total
158.12 km2 (61.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
3,176
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Websitehttp://www.baligrod.pl

Gmina Baligród is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Baligród, which lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south of Lesko and 79 km (49 mi) south of the regional capital Rzeszów. The gmina covers an area of 158.12 square kilometres (61.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,176. The gmina contains part of the protected area called Cisna-Wetlina Landscape Park.

Villages

Gmina Baligród contains the villages and settlements of Baligród, Bystre, Cisowiec, Jabłonki, Kiełczawa, Kołonice, Łubne, Mchawa, Nowosiółki, Rabe, Roztoki Dolne, Stężnica, Zahoczewie, Żerdenka, Żernica Niżna and Żernica Wyżna.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Baligród is bordered by the gminas of Cisna, Komańcza, Lesko, Solina and Zagórz.

References

Rural landscape picture

File:Baligród panorama.jpg
File:Pomnik Świerczewskiego.jpg
File:Baligród jewish cemetery.jpg