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Gmina Piaski, Lublin Voivodeship
__NOTOC__ Gmina Piaski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Świdnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Piaski, Świdnik County, Piaski, which lies approximately south-east of Świdnik and south-east of the regional capital Lublin. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,759 (out of which the population of Piaski amounts to 2,626, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,133). Villages Apart from the town of Piaski, Gmina Piaski contains the villages and settlements of Borkowszczyzna, Brzezice, Lublin Voivodeship, Brzezice, Brzezice Pierwsze, Brzeziczki, Bystrzejowice A, Bystrzejowice B, Bystrzejowice Pierwsze, Emilianów, Lublin Voivodeship, Emilianów, Gardzienice Drugie, Gardzienice Pierwsze, Giełczew, Świdnik County, Giełczew, Jadwisin, Świdnik County, Jadwisin, Janówek, Gmina Piaski, Janówek, Józefów, Gmina Piaski, Józefów, Kawęczyn, Świdnik County, Kawęczyn, KębŠ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminas include cities and towns, with 302 among them constituting an independent urban gmina ( pl, gmina miejska) consisting solely of a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (''prezydent miasta''). The gmina has been the basic unit of territorial division in Poland since 1974, when it replaced the smaller gromada (cluster). Three or more gminas make up a higher level unit called powiat, except for those holding the status of a city with powiat rights. Each and every powiat has the seat in a city or town, in the latter case either an urban gmina or a part of an urban-rural one. Types There are three types of gmina: #302 urban gmina ( pl, gmina miejska) constituted either by a sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |