Gmina Dorohusk is a rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Chełm County
Chełm County ( pl, powiat chełmski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local g ...
,
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
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, on the border with
Ukraine
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. Its seat is the village of
Dorohusk
Dorohusk ( uk, Дорогуськ, translit=''Dorohus’k'') is a village in Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland, at the border with Ukraine. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Dorohusk. It l ...
, which lies approximately east of
Chełm
Chełm (; uk, Холм, Kholm; german: Cholm; yi, כעלם, Khelm) is a city in southeastern Poland with 60,231 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is located to the south-east of Lublin, north of Zamość and south of Biała Podlaska, some ...
and east of the regional capital
Lublin.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,936.
The gmina contains part of the
protected area called
Chełm Landscape Park.
Villages
Gmina Dorohusk contains the villages and settlements of
Barbarówka,
Berdyszcze,
Brzeźno,
Dobryłówka,
Dorohusk
Dorohusk ( uk, Дорогуськ, translit=''Dorohus’k'') is a village in Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland, at the border with Ukraine. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Dorohusk. It l ...
,
Dorohusk-Osada,
Husynne,
Kępa,
Kolemczyce,
Kroczyn,
Ladeniska,
Ludwinów,
Majdan Skordiowski,
Michałówka,
Mościska,
Myszkowiec,
Okopy,
Okopy-Kolonia,
Olenówka,
Ostrów,
Pogranicze,
Puszki,
Rozkosz,
Skordiów,
Stefanów,
Świerże,
Teosin,
Turka,
Wólka Okopska,
Zalasocze,
Zamieście and
Zanowinie.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Dorohusk is bordered by the gminas of
Chełm
Chełm (; uk, Холм, Kholm; german: Cholm; yi, כעלם, Khelm) is a city in southeastern Poland with 60,231 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is located to the south-east of Lublin, north of Zamość and south of Biała Podlaska, some ...
,
Dubienka,
Kamień,
Ruda-Huta and
Żmudź. It also borders
Ukraine
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.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Dorohusk
Dorohusk ( uk, Дорогуськ, translit=''Dorohus’k'') is a village in Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland, at the border with Ukraine. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Dorohusk. It l ...
Chełm County