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Gmina Chorkówka
__NOTOC__ Gmina Chorkówka is a rural gmina in Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Chorkówka, which lies approximately south-west of Krosno and south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,158. Villages Gmina Chorkówka contains the villages and settlements of Bóbrka, Chorkówka, Draganowa, Faliszówka, Kobylany, Kopytowa, Leśniówka, Machnówka, Poraj, Sulistrowa, Świerzowa Polska, Szczepańcowa, Żeglce and Zręcin. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Chorkówka is bordered by the city of Krosno and by the gminas of Dukla, Jedlicze, Miejsce Piastowe, Nowy Żmigród Nowy Żmigród, until 1946 Żmigród ( yi, זשמיגראד / Zhmigrod, german: Schmiedeburg), is a village and rural municipality ('' gmina'') in Jasło County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, WNW of Dukla and south of Jasło. History ... and Tarnowiec. ReferencesPol ... [...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] |