Gmina Bircza is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Bircza, which lies approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) south-west of Przemyśl and 51 km (32 mi) south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów.
The gmina covers an area of 254.49 square kilometres (98.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,602 (6,746 in 2013).
Gmina Bircza is bordered by the gminas of Dubiecko, Dydnia, Dynów, Fredropol, Krasiczyn, Krzywcza, Nozdrzec, Olszanica, Sanok, Tyrawa Wołoska and Ustrzyki Dolne.
Gmina Bircza contains the following villages:
Bircza [ˈbirt͡ʂa] (Ukrainian: Бірча) is a village in Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bircza. It lies approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) south-west of Przemyśl and 51 km (32 mi) south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The village has a population of 1,000.
In Bircza was born Orthodox metropolitan Yov Boretsky and Jan Komski.
Before World War II, the Bircza area was home to a large Jewish community. Nearly all of them were murdered during the ensuing Holocaust.
Coordinates: 49°41′32″N 22°28′46″E / 49.69222°N 22.47944°E / 49.69222; 22.47944