Gmina Szczawa is a rural municipality in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, located within the Limanowa County, between mountain ranges of Gorce and Island Beskids.

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.

[4] The idea to create the municipality was brought back in 2024, with the Council of Ministers approving it on 1 October.