Gmina Ropa is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. The seat of the district is the village of Ropa, which lies approximately south-west of Gorlice and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.
The gmina covers an area of , had a total population of 5,509 as of 2024.The population (2002-2024) increased by 10.1%.
The collective municipality of Ropa was established on August 1, 1934, in the Gorlice County in the Kraków Province from the existing individual rural municipalities of Bielanka, Gródek, à Âosie, Ropa, and Szymbark.
After the war, the municipality of Ropa (together with the entire Gorlice County) became part of the newly created Rzeszów Province. As of July 1, 1952, the municipality consisted of five communities: Bielanka, Gródek, à Âosie, Ropa, and Szymbark. The commune was abolished on September 29, 1954, along with the reform introducing gromady (villages) in place of communes.
The municipality of Ropa was reactivated within expanded borders on January 1, 1973, in the same county and province, consisting of nine villages: Banica, Bielanka, Brunary, Czarna, Gródek, Izby, à Âosie, Stawisza, à Ânietnica, and Ropa. On June 1, 1975, the municipality became part of the newly created Nowy Sàcz Province.
On January 15, 1976, the municipality was abolished and its area was incorporated into the municipalities of:
The municipality of Ropa was reactivated for the third time on April 2, 1991, this time with a very small area. It consisted of only the villages of Ropa from the municipality of Gorlice and à Âosie from the municipality of Uà Âcie Gorlickie . On January 1, 1997, 50 hectares of the village of Brunary, called Zalesie, was added to the municipality of Ropa from the municipality of Uà Âcie Gorlickie, and on January 1, 2000, the village of Klimkówka, which had never previously belonged to the municipality of Ropa, was added from the municipality of Uà Âcie Gorlickie.
The gmina contains the villages of Klimkówka, à Âosie and Ropa.
Gmina Ropa borders the town of Grybów and the communes of Gorlice, Grybów and Uà Âcie Gorlickie.