Gmina Szczawa
Rural municipality
The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Szczawa.
Coordinates: 49°36′30″N 20°17′46″E / 49.60833°N 20.29611°E / 49.60833; 20.29611
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
County	Limanowa
Established	1 January 2025
Seat	Szczawa
Area
• Total	43.3853 km2 (16.7512 sq mi)
Population  (2025)
• Total	1,830
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Car plates	KLI

Gmina Szczawa is a rural municipality in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, located within the Limanowa County, between mountain ranges of Gorce and Island Beskids. Its seat of government is in the village of Szczawa. The municipality has an area of 42.39 km², and as of 2025, has the population of 1830 people.

The local population postulated for the creation of their own municipality since 2008, together with their efforts for Szczawa to receive the legal status of a spa town.^[1] On 28 July 2015, the Sejm of Poland passed a resolution, which envisioned its creation on 1 January 2016, from the territory of the municipality of Kamienica.^[2] However, it was cancelled with a resolution of the Council of Ministers from 28 December 2015.^[3] On 1 June 2017, the Constitutional Tribunal declared that such action was against the constitution and the law of municipal governance.^[4] The idea to create the municipality was brought back in 2024, with the Council of Ministers approving it on 1 October. It was founded on 1 January 2025.^[5][6]