Gmina Zagórz

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Gmina Zagórz
Zagórz Commune
—  Gmina  —
Coat of arms of Gmina Zagórz
Coat of arms
Coordinates (Zagórz): 49°31′N 22°16′E / 49.517, 22.267
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Subcarpathian
County Sanok
Seat Zagórz
Area
 - Total 160.05 km² (61.8 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 12,725
 - Density 79.5/km² (205.9/sq mi)
 - Urban 4,990
 - Rural 7,735
Website: http://www.zagorz.pl

Gmina Zagórz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Zagórz, which lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Sanok and 61 km (38 mi) south of the regional capital Rzeszów.

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).

Ethnic Groups
Main article: Pogorzans

[edit] Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Zagórz is bordered by the town of Sanok and by the gminas of Baligród, Bukowsko, Komańcza, Lesko and Sanok.

[edit] Rural landscape picture

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