__NOTOC__ Gmina Bełżyce is an urban-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

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Lublin Voivodeship The Lublin Voivodeship, also known as the Lublin Province (Polish: ''województwo lubelskie'' ), is a voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in southeastern part of the country. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin, Che� ...

, in eastern

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. Its seat is the town of

Bełżyce Bełżyce is a town in eastern Poland, in the Lublin Voivodeship, in Lublin County, and about to the west of the city of Lublin. Bełżyce belongs to the historical region of Lesser Poland. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 6,29 ...

, which lies approximately west of the regional capital

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. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 13,243 (out of which the population of Bełżyce amounts to 6,504, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,739).

Villages

Apart from the town of Bełżyce, Gmina Bełżyce contains the villages and settlements of Babin, Chmielnik, Chmielnik-Kolonia, Cuple,

Jaroszewice Jaroszewice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bełżyce, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Bełżyce and west of the regional capital Lublin. Roman Bartoszcze, a Polish ...

, Kierz, Krężnica Okrągła, Malinowszczyzna, Matczyn, Płowizny, Podole, Skrzyniec, Skrzyniec-Kolonia, Stare Wierzchowiska, Wierzchowiska Dolne, Wierzchowiska Górne, Wojcieszyn, Wronów, Wymysłówka, Zagórze, Zalesie and Zosin.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Bełżyce is bordered by the gminas of Borzechów,

Chodel Chodel is a village in Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Chodel. It lies approximately east of Opole Lubelskie and south-west of the regional capital ...

, Konopnica,

Niedrzwica Duża Niedrzwica Duża is a village in Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Niedrzwica Duża. It lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Lublin. Histor ...

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and Wojciechów.

References

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