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Gmina Opatów is an urban-rural
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...
(administrative district) in
Opatów County
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Opatów County () 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 government reforms passe ...
,
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship ( ), also known as Holy Cross Voivodeship, is a voivodeship (province) in southeastern Poland, in the historical region of Lesser Poland. The province's capital and largest city is Kielce. The voivodeship takes its ...
, in south-central
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
. Its seat is the town of
Opatów
Opatów (; ) is a town in southeastern Poland, within Opatów County in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Holy Cross Province). Historically, it was part of a greater region called Lesser Poland. In 2012 the population was 6,658. Opatów is located ...
, which lies approximately east of the regional capital
Kielce
Kielce (; ) is a city in south-central Poland and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the banks of the Silnic ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,635 (out of which the population of Opatów amounts to 6,846, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,789).
Villages
Apart from the town of Opatów, Gmina Opatów contains the villages and settlements of
Adamów,
Balbinów,
Brzezie,
Czerników Karski,
Czerników Opatowski,
Gojców,
Jagnin,
Jałowęsy,
Jurkowice,
Karwów,
Kobylanki,
Kobylany,
Kochów,
Kornacice,
Lipowa,
Marcinkowice,
Nikisiałka Duża,
Nikisiałka Mała,
Oficjałów,
Okalina,
Okalina-Kolonia,
Podole,
Ptkanów,
Rosochy,
Strzyżowice,
Tomaszów,
Tudorów
Tudorów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opatów, within Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Opatów and east of the regional capital Kielce
Kielce ( ...
,
Wąworków and
Zochcinek.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Opatów is bordered by the gminas of
Baćkowice
Baćkowice is a village in Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Baćkowice. It lies approximately west of Opatów and east of the regional capit ...
,
Ćmielów
Ćmielów is a town in Ostrowiec County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland, seat of Gmina Ćmielów. As of December 2021, it has 2,954 inhabitants. It is known for one of Poland's oldest Ćmielów Porcelain Factory, porcelain factories dating ...
,
Iwaniska,
Lipnik,
Sadowie and
Wojciechowice.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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