Gmina Biłgoraj is a rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Biłgoraj County
Biłgoraj County ( pl, powiat biłgorajski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms pass ...
,
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, C ...
, in eastern
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
. Its seat is the town of
Biłgoraj
Biłgoraj ( yi, בילגאריי, ''Bilgoray'', ua, Білґорай) is a town in south-eastern Poland with 25,838 inhabitants as of December 2021. Since 1999 it has been situated in Lublin Voivodeship; it was previously located in Zamość V ...
, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,541.
Villages
Gmina Biłgoraj contains the villages and settlements of
Andrzejówka,
Brodziaki,
Bukowa,
Ciosmy,
Cyncynopol,
Dąbrowica,
Dereźnia Majdańska,
Dereźnia Solska,
Dereźnia-Zagrody,
Dyle,
Edwardów,
Gromada
Gromada is a Polish word meaning "gathering", "group", or "assembly". In the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the term referred to a village organization which embraced all the inhabitants of a village and acted as a local authority, as well a ...
,
Hedwiżyn,
Ignatówka,
Jachosze,
Kajetanówka,
Kolonia Sól,
Korczów
Korczów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biłgoraj, within Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Biłgoraj
Biłgoraj ( yi, בילגאריי, ''Bilgoray'', ua, Білґ ...
,
Korytków Duży,
Majdan Gromadzki,
Nadrzecze,
Nowy Bidaczów,
Okrągłe,
Podlesie,
Rapy Dylańskie,
Ratwica,
Ruda Solska,
Ruda-Zagrody,
Smólsko Duże,
Smólsko Małe,
Sól,
Stary Bidaczów,
Teodorówka,
Wola Dereźniańska,
Wola Duża,
Wola Mała,
Wolaniny,
Zagrody Dąbrowickie,
Zagumnie and
Żelebsko.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Biłgoraj is bordered by the town of
Biłgoraj
Biłgoraj ( yi, בילגאריי, ''Bilgoray'', ua, Білґорай) is a town in south-eastern Poland with 25,838 inhabitants as of December 2021. Since 1999 it has been situated in Lublin Voivodeship; it was previously located in Zamość V ...
and by the gminas of
Aleksandrów,
Biszcza,
Dzwola,
Frampol
Frampol is a town in Poland, in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship. It has 1,431 inhabitants (December 2021), and lies in eastern Lesser Poland, near the Roztocze Upland. Frampol is surrounded by the ''Szczebrzeszyn Landscape Park'' and the ...
,
Harasiuki
Harasiuki ( uk, Гарасюки, ''Harasiuky'') is a village in Nisko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Harasiuki. It lies approximately east of Nisk ...
,
Janów Lubelski
Janów Lubelski is a town in southeastern Poland. It has 11,938 inhabitants (2006). Situated in the Lublin Voivodship (since 1999), Janów Lubelski belongs to Lesser Poland, and is located in southeastern corner of this historic Polish province. ...
,
Księżpol,
Radecznica
Radecznica is a village in Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Radecznica. It lies approximately west of Zamość and south of the regional capital Lublin.
...
and
Tereszpol.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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