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Gmina Bychawa 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
Lublin County
Lublin County ( pl, Powiat Lubelski) 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 passed in 1 ...
,
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
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 populous ...
. Its seat is the town of
Bychawa
Bychawa () is a town in Poland, in Lublin Voivodeship, in Lublin County, about 25 km south of Lublin. The town lies in Lublin Upland and belongs to historic Lesser Poland. The town was first mentioned in historical documents from the 14th ...
, which lies approximately south of the regional capital
Lublin
Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 11,647, of which the population of Bychawa is
4,893, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,754.
Villages
Apart from the town of Bychawa, Gmina Bychawa contains the villages and settlements of
Bychawka Druga,
Bychawka Druga-Kolonia,
Bychawka Pierwsza,
Bychawka Trzecia,
Bychawka Trzecia-Kolonia,
Gałęzów,
Gałęzów-Kolonia Druga,
Gałęzów-Kolonia Pierwsza,
Grodzany,
Józwów,
Kosarzew Dolny-Kolonia,
Kowersk,
Łęczyca
Łęczyca (; in full the Royal Town of Łęczyca, pl, Królewskie Miasto Łęczyca; german: Lentschitza; he, לונטשיץ) is a town of 13,786 inhabitants () in central Poland. Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship, it is the county seat of the ...
,
Leśniczówka,
Marysin,
Olszowiec,
Olszowiec-Kolonia,
Osowa,
Osowa-Kolonia,
Podzamcze,
Romanów,
Skawinek,
Stara Wieś Druga,
Stara Wieś Pierwsza,
Stara Wieś Trzecia,
Urszulin,
Wandzin,
Wincentówek,
Wola Duża,
Wola Duża-Kolonia,
Wola Gałęzowska,
Wola Gałęzowska-Kolonia,
Zadębie,
Zaraszów,
Zaraszów-Kolonia and
Zdrapy.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Bychawa is bordered by the gminas of
Jabłonna,
Krzczonów,
Strzyżewice,
Wysokie,
Zakrzew and
Zakrzówek.
References
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Bychawa
Bychawa () is a town in Poland, in Lublin Voivodeship, in Lublin County, about 25 km south of Lublin. The town lies in Lublin Upland and belongs to historic Lesser Poland. The town was first mentioned in historical documents from the 14th ...
Lublin County