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Gmina Cisna

rural gmina of Poland

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMar 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ2328636
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Gmina Cisna is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Lesko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, on the Slovak border. Its seat is the village of Cisna, which lies approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Lesko and 95 km (59 mi) south of the regional capital Rzeszów.

The gmina covers an area of 286.89 square kilometres (110.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 1,669.

The gmina contains part of the protected area called Cisna-Wetlina Landscape Park.

Villages

Gmina Cisna contains the villages and settlements of Buk, Cisna, Dołżyca, Habkowce, Kalnica, Krzywe, Liszna, Łuh, Majdan, Moczarne, Przysłup, Roztoki Górne, Smerek, Solinka, Strzebowiska, Wetlina, Zawój and Żubracze.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Cisna is bordered by the gminas of Baligród, Czarna, Komańcza, Lutowiska and Solina. It also borders Slovakia.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Gmina Cisna” is rural gmina of Poland. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Gmina, Cisna and rural, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1934-08-01. For this dossier, Gmina, Cisna and rural is the immediate research focus.
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