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Gmina Piekoszów is a 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 ...
,
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 city of
Piekoszów, which lies approximately west of the regional capital
Kielce.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,249.
The gmina contains part of the
protected area called
Chęciny-Kielce Landscape Park
Chęciny-Kielce Landscape Park (''Chęcińsko-Kielecki Park Krajobrazowy'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in south-central Poland, established in 1996, covering an area of .
The Park lies within Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship: in Jędrzej ...
.
Villages
Gmina Piekoszów contains the villages and settlements of
Bławatków,
Brynica
Brynica (German: ''Brinitz'') is a river in Silesia, Poland. It has a length of 55 km and is the main tributary of Czarna Przemsza. It has a source in Mysłów, and flows through Piekary Śląskie, Wojkowice, Czeladź, Siemianowice Śląsk ...
,
Gałęzice,
Górki Szczukowskie,
Janów,
Jaworznia,
Jeżynów,
Julianów,
Łaziska,
Lesica,
Łosień,
Łosienek,
Łubno,
Micigózd,
Młynki,
Piekoszów,
Podzamcze,
Rykoszyn,
Skałka
Saint Michael the Archangel and Saint Stanislaus the Bishop and Martyr Basilica, also known as Skałka, which means "a small rock" in Polish, is a small outcrop in Kraków atop of which a Pauline monastery is located, a place where the Bish ...
,
Szczukowice,
Wesoła
Wesoła () is one of the districts of Warsaw, and has been as such since October 27, 2002. Wesoła is located in the south-eastern part of city.
Wesoła received town privileges on December 17, 1968. Then, the town included Wola Grzybowska, W ...
,
Wincentów and
Zajączków.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Piekoszów is bordered by the city of
Kielce and by the gminas of
Chęciny,
Łopuszno,
Małogoszcz
Małogoszcz is a town in the Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland. The Battle of Małogoszcz. one of the biggest battles of the 1863 January Uprising, took place there. Małogoszcz belongs to Lesser Poland; the name of the ...
,
Miedziana Góra,
Sitkówka-Nowiny and
Strawczyn.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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