Gmina Piszczac is a rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Biała Podlaska County,
Lublin Voivodeship
The Lublin Voivodeship, also known as the Lublin Province ( Polish: ''województwo lubelskie'' ), is a voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in southeastern part of the country. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin, C ...
, in eastern
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 village of
Piszczac
Piszczac is a town in Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Today it is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Piszczac. It lies approximately east of Biała Podlaska and north-east of the regional ...
, which lies approximately east of
Biała Podlaska and north-east of the regional capital
Lublin.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,554 (7,381 in 2014).
Villages
Gmina Piszczac contains the villages and settlements of
Chotyłów,
Dąbrowica Mała,
Dobrynka,
Janówka,
Kolonia Piszczac I,
Kolonia Piszczac II,
Kolonia Piszczac III,
Kościeniewicze,
Nowy Dwór,
Ortel Królewski Drugi,
Ortel Królewski Pierwszy,
Piszczac
Piszczac is a town in Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Today it is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Piszczac. It lies approximately east of Biała Podlaska and north-east of the regional ...
,
Piszczac-Kolonia,
Połoski,
Połoski Nowe,
Połoski Stare,
Popiel
Prince Popiel ІІ (or Duke Popiel) was a legendary 9th-century ruler of two proto- Polish tribes, the Goplans and West Polans. He was the last member of the Popielids, a mythical dynasty before the Piasts. According to the chroniclers Gall ...
,
Trojanów,
Wólka Kościeniewicka,
Wyczółki,
Zahorów and
Zalutyń.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Piszczac is bordered by the gminas of
Biała Podlaska,
Kodeń
Kodeń is a village in eastern Poland on the Bug River, which forms the border between Poland and Belarus. Administratively, it belongs to Biała Podlaska County in Lublin Voivodeship. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) calle ...
,
Łomazy,
Terespol
Terespol (; be, Тэрэ́спаль, Teréspaĺ) is a town in eastern Poland on the border with Belarus. It lies on the border river Bug, directly opposite the city of Brest, Belarus, making it a border town. It has 5,794 inhabitants as of ...
,
Tuczna
Tuczna is a village in Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Tuczna. It lies approximately south-east of Biała Podlaska and north-east of the regional ...
and
Zalesie.
References
External links
Polish official population figures 2006
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Gminas in Lublin Voivodeship
Biała Podlaska County