Gmina Bełżec is a rural
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 4 ...
(administrative district) in
Tomaszów Lubelski County,
Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern
Poland. Its seat is the village of
Bełżec
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, which lies approximately south of
Tomaszów Lubelski and south-east of the regional capital
Lublin
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.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 2,999 (3,435 in 2013).
Villages
Gmina Bełżec contains the villages and settlements of
Bełżec
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,
Chyże,
Smoliska,
Szalenik-Kolonia, and
Zagóra.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Bełżec is bordered by the gminas of
Lubycza Królewska,
Narol, and
Tomaszów Lubelski.
References
External links
Polish official population figures 2006
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Belzec
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Tomaszów Lubelski County