| Gmina Nowa Sarzyna Nowa Sarzyna Commune | ||
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| Coordinates(Nowa Sarzyna): 50°19′20″N22°19′7″E / 50.32222°N 22.31861°E Coordinates: 50°19′20″N22°19′7″E / 50.32222°N 22.31861°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | Subcarpathian | |
| County | Leżajsk | |
| Seat | Nowa Sarzyna | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 144.55 km2 (55.81 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011 [1] ) | ||
| • Total | 21,840 | |
| • Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 6,338 | |
| • Rural | 15,502 | |
| Website | http://www.nowasarzyna.pl/index.php | |
Gmina Nowa Sarzyna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowa Sarzyna, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Leżajsk and 40 km (25 mi) north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów.
The gmina is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. As of 2010 there were 2,478 gminy throughout the country. The word gmina derives from the German word Gemeinde, meaning "community".
Leżajsk County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. 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 Leżajsk, which lies 41 kilometres (25 mi) north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The only other town in the county is Nowa Sarzyna, lying 11 km (7 mi) north-west of Leżajsk.
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country located in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative subdivisions, covering an area of 312,696 square kilometres (120,733 sq mi), and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With a population of approximately 38.5 million people, Poland is the sixth most populous member state of the European Union. Poland's capital and largest metropolis is Warsaw. Other major cities include Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin.
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The gmina covers an area of 144.55 square kilometres (55.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 21,296 (out of which the population of Nowa Sarzyna amounts to 6,308, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 14,988).
