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Gmina Tarnogród
Gmina Tarnogród is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Tarnogród, which lies approximately south of Biłgoraj and south of the regional capital Lublin. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,860 (out of which the population of Tarnogród amounts to 3,372, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,488). Villages Apart from the town of Tarnogród, Gmina Tarnogród contains the villages and settlements of Bolesławin, Cichy, Jamieńszczyzna, Kolonia Różaniecka, Luchów Dolny, Luchów Górny, Pierogowiec, Popówka, Różaniec, Różaniec-Szkoła, Wola Różaniecka and Zagrody. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Tarnogród is bordered by the gminas of Adamówka, Biszcza, Księżpol, Kuryłówka Kuryłówka is a village in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrat ... [...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] |