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gmina
Also known as municipality of Poland, Polish municipality
The gmina ( , ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and towns, with 322 among them constituting an independent urban gmina () consisting solely of a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (prezydent miasta).
Key facts
- Subdivision type.name
- Gmina
- Subdivision type.alt_name
- Commune municipality
- Subdivision type.map
- Poland - gminas.svg
- Subdivision type.category
- Municipality
- Subdivision type.territory
- Poland
- Subdivision type.upper_unit
- Powiat
- Subdivision type.current_number
- 2,479
- Subdivision type.number_date
- 2025
- Subdivision type.status
- City with powiat rights
- Subdivision type.government
- Mayor–council government
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- Types
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- Administrative tasks and objectives
- Own tasks
- Overall number of gminy by type
- Largest and smallest gminy
- See also
- References
The gmina ( , ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and towns, with 322 among them constituting an independent urban gmina () consisting solely of a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (prezydent miasta).
The gmina has been the basic unit of territorial division in Poland since 1974, when it replaced the smaller gromada. Three or more gminy make up a higher level unit called a powiat, except for those holding the status of a city with powiat rights. Each and every powiat has the seat in a city or town, in the latter case either an urban gmina or a part of an urban-rural one.