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Bobowa lost its civic rights in 1934 and if has not regained them until now, 2004. However there still is a local administration of a commune council in Bobowa. As far as the administrative division is concerned, the commune of Bobowa belongs to Gorlicki district and to Małopolski province. It covers the area of 49,84 km2 . Arable land covers 73,8 % of this area and forests 16,3 %. About 9370 inhabitants live on the area of Bobowa commune. The average rate of occupancy is 188 people per 1 km2. Comparing the number of inhabitants, the commune of Bobowa is the fourth one from the ten communes of the Gorlicki district. However, taking into account the fact that Bobowa commune covers quite a small area, the rate of occupancy here is higher than in nine other communes and lower only than Gorlice commune. It is worth mentioning that the average rate of occupancy in Gorlicki district is 111 people per 1 km2 and it is considerably overstated by the town of Gorlice (1287 people per 1 km2) The following villages belong to the commune of Bobowa: Bobowa, Brzana, Jankowa, Sędziszowa, Siedliska, Stróżna and Wilczyska. The shown below chart depicts the number of inhabitants in particular villages VILLAGE NUMBER OF INHABITANTS
The statistics show that in the commune of Bobowa agriculture is the main industry. Most of the land is the arable land. In spite of that the majority of inhabitants do not work in the agriculture industry. There are quite many people who run their own small businesses. Maybe when the number of companies in the area of Bobowa increases, it will be easier to suppress the unemployment problem. Currently the statistics show about 15 % of unemployment in the commune of Bobowa. The local authorities are trying to prevent this problem by organising work for the unemployed. |