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Gmina Goszczanów is a 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
Sieradz County
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Sieradz County ( pl, powiat sieradzki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Łódź Voivodeship, central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms ...
,
Łódź Voivodeship
Łódź Voivodeship (also known as Lodz Province, or by its Polish name ''Województwo łódzkie'' ) is a province-voivodeship in central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Łódź Voivodeship (1975–1999) and the Sieradz ...
, in 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 populous ...
. Its seat is the village of
Goszczanów
Goszczanów is a village in Sieradz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Goszczanów. It lies approximately north-west of Sieradz and west of the regional capital Ł ...
, which lies approximately north-west of
Sieradz
Sieradz ( la, Siradia, yi, שעראַדז, שערעדז, שעריץ, german: 1941-45 Schieratz) is a city on the Warta river in central Poland with 40,891 inhabitants (2021). It is the seat of the Sieradz County, situated in the Łódź Voivodes ...
and west of the regional capital
Łódź
Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,814.
Villages
Gmina Goszczanów contains the villages and settlements of
Chlewo,
Chwalęcice,
Czerniaków
Czerniaków is a neighbourhood of the city of Warsaw, located within the borough of Mokotów, between the escarpment of the Vistula river and the river itself.
Called ''Czerniakowo'' since the Middle Ages, it was then merely a small village loca ...
,
Gawłowice,
Goszczanów
Goszczanów is a village in Sieradz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Goszczanów. It lies approximately north-west of Sieradz and west of the regional capital Ł ...
,
Karolina,
Kaszew,
Klonów,
Lipicze Górne,
Lipicze Olendry,
Lipicze W,
Poniatów,
Poniatówek,
Poprężniki,
Poradzew,
Rzężawy,
Sokołów,
Stojanów,
Strachanów,
Sulmów,
Sulmówek,
Świnice Kaliskie,
Wacławów,
Waliszewice,
Wilczków,
Wilkszyce,
Wola Tłomakowa,
Wroniawy and
Ziemięcin.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Goszczanów is bordered by the gminas of
Błaszki
Błaszki (; german: Schwarzau) is a town in Sieradz County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,992 inhabitants as of December 2021.
History
Błaszki was founded in the 14th century.
Jewish community 1700s to Holocaust
The first historical men ...
,
Dobra,
Kawęczyn,
Koźminek,
Lisków,
Szczytniki and
Warta
The river Warta ( , ; german: Warthe ; la, Varta) rises in central Poland and meanders greatly north-west to flow into the Oder, against the German border. About long, it is Poland's second-longest river within its borders after the Vistula, a ...
.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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