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Gmina Dzierzkowice is a rural
gmina
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(administrative district) in
Kraśnik County
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Kraśnik County ( pl, powiat kraśnicki) 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 reform ...
,
Lublin Voivodeship
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, in eastern
Poland
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. Its seat is Dzierzkowice, a location which is divided into several
sołectwo
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s. The offices of the gmina are in fact in
Terpentyna, which lies approximately north-west of
Kraśnik
Kraśnik is a town in southeastern Poland with 35,602 inhabitants (2012), situated in the Lublin Voivodeship, historic Lesser Poland. It is the seat of Kraśnik County. The town of Kraśnik as it is known today was created in 1975, after the mer ...
and south-west of the regional capital
Lublin
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.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,401 (5,414 in 2013).
Villages
Gmina Dzierzkowice contains the villages and settlements of
Dębina,
Dzierzkowice-Góry,
Dzierzkowice-Podwody,
Dzierzkowice-Rynek,
Dzierzkowice-Wola,
Dzierzkowice-Zastawie,
Krzywie,
Ludmiłówka,
Sosnowa Wola,
Terpentyna,
Wyżnianka,
Wyżnianka-Kolonia,
Wyżnica and
Wyżnica-Kolonia.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Dzierzkowice is bordered by the town of
Kraśnik
Kraśnik is a town in southeastern Poland with 35,602 inhabitants (2012), situated in the Lublin Voivodeship, historic Lesser Poland. It is the seat of Kraśnik County. The town of Kraśnik as it is known today was created in 1975, after the mer ...
and by the gminas of
Annopol
Annopol is a town in south-eastern Poland (historic Lesser Poland), located in Kraśnik County. It has been situated in Lublin Voivodeship since 1999, having previously been located in Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship (1975–1998). Annopol has an area o ...
,
Gościeradów,
Józefów nad Wisłą
Józefów nad Wisłą () is a small town in Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Józefów nad Wisłą. It lies approximately south-west of Opole Lubel ...
,
Kraśnik
Kraśnik is a town in southeastern Poland with 35,602 inhabitants (2012), situated in the Lublin Voivodeship, historic Lesser Poland. It is the seat of Kraśnik County. The town of Kraśnik as it is known today was created in 1975, after the mer ...
,
Trzydnik Duży and
Urzędów
Urzędów is a town in Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Urzędów. It lies in Lesser Poland, approximately north-west of Kraśnik and south-west of the re ...
.
References
{{Kraśnik County
Dzierzkowice
Kraśnik County