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Gmina Pilawa is an urban-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

Garwolin County __NOTOC__ Garwolin County ( pl, powiat garwoliński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local governme ...

Masovian Voivodeship The Masovian Voivodeship, also known as the Mazovia Province ( pl, województwo mazowieckie ) is a voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, with its capital located in the city of Warsaw, which also serves as the capital of the country. The ...

, in east-central

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. Its seat is the town of

Pilawa Pilawa is a town in Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,121 inhabitants (2004), 59 km southeast of Warsaw. Previously it was situated in Siedlce Voivodeship (1975–1998). Transport Pilawa is an important railway junctio ...

, which lies approximately north-west of

Garwolin Garwolin is a town on the Wilga river in eastern Poland, capital of Garwolin County, situated in the southeast part of the Garwolin plateau in Masovian Voivodeship, 62 km southeast of Warsaw, 100 km northwest of Lublin. As of December ...

and south-east of

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,435 (out of which the population of Pilawa amounts to 4,196, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,239). The gmina contains part of the

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called

Masovian Landscape Park Masovian Landscape Park (''Mazowiecki Park Krajobrazowy'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in east-central Poland, established in 1986, covering an area of . Location The Park lies within Masovian Voivodeship: in Garwolin County ( Gmina Pi ...

Villages

Apart from the town of Pilawa, Gmina Pilawa contains the villages and settlements of Gocław, Jaźwiny, Kalonka, Lipówki, Łucznica, Niesadna, Niesadna-Przecinka, Puznówka, Trąbki, Wygoda and Żelazna.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Pilawa is bordered by the gminas of

Kołbiel Kołbiel is a village in Otwock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kołbiel. It lies approximately east of Otwock and south-east of Warsaw Warsaw ( ...

Osieck Osieck is a village in Otwock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Osieck. It lies approximately south-east of Otwock and south-east of Warsaw Warsaw ( ...

, Parysów and Siennica.

References

* {{Garwolin County

Garwolin County