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Gmina Chmielnik is an urban-rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Kielce County
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Kielce County ( pl, powiat kielecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local gove ...
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Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
The Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, also known as the Świętokrzyskie Province, and the Holy Cross Voivodeship ( pl, województwo świętokrzyskie ) is a voivodeship (province) of Poland situated in southeastern part of the country, in the histo ...
, in south-central
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
Chmielnik, which lies approximately south of the regional capital
Kielce.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,568 (out of which the population of Chmielnik amounts to 4,005, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,563).
The gmina contains parts of the
protected areas called
Nida Landscape Park and
Szaniec Landscape Park
Szaniec Landscape Park (''Szaniecki Park Krajobrazowy'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in south-central Poland, covering an area of .
The Park lies within Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship: in Busko County ( Gmina Busko-Zdrój, Gmina Solec- ...
.
Villages
Apart from the town of Chmielnik, Gmina Chmielnik contains the villages and settlements of
Borzykowa,
Celiny,
Chomentówek,
Ciecierze,
Grabowiec,
Holendry,
Jasień,
Kotlice,
Łagiewniki,
Lipy,
Lubania,
Ługi,
Minostowice,
Piotrkowice,
Przededworze,
Sędziejowice,
Śladków Duży,
Śladków Mały,
Suchowola
Suchowola (; lt, Suchovola, be, Сухаволя ''Suchavolja'') is a town in north-eastern Poland in Sokółka County, located on both banks of the Olszanka River. It is situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously be ...
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Suliszów,
Suskrajowice,
Szyszczyce,
Zrecze Chałupczańskie,
Zrecze Duże and
Zrecze Małe.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Chmielnik is bordered by the gminas of
Busko-Zdrój,
Gnojno,
Kije,
Morawica,
Pierzchnica and
Pińczów
Pińczów is a town in southern Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, about 40 km south of Kielce. It is the capital of Pińczów County. Population is 12,304 (2005). Pińczów belongs to the historic Polish province of Lesser Poland, a ...
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References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Chmielnik
Kielce County