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Gmina Pińczów is an urban-rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Pińczów County
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Pińczów County ( pl, powiat pińczowski) 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 ...
,
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 town of
Pińczów
Pińczów is a town in southern Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, about 40 km south of Kielce. It is the capital of Pińczów County. Population is 12,304 (2005). Pińczów belongs to the historic Polish province of Lesser Poland, a ...
, which lies approximately south of the regional capital
Kielce.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 22,147 (out of which the population of Pińczów amounts to 11,886, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,261).
The gmina contains part of the
protected areas called
Kozubów Landscape Park,
Nida Landscape Park and
Szaniec Landscape Park
Szaniec Landscape Park (''Szaniecki Park Krajobrazowy'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in south-central Poland, covering an area of .
The Park lies within Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship: in Busko County ( Gmina Busko-Zdrój, Gmina Solec- ...
.
Villages
Apart from the town of Pińczów, Gmina Pińczów contains the villages and settlements of
Aleksandrów,
Bogucice Drugie,
Bogucice Pierwsze,
Borków,
Brzeście,
Bugaj,
Byczów,
Chrabków,
Chruścice,
Chwałowice,
Gacki,
Grochowiska,
Kopernia,
Kowala,
Kozubów,
Krzyżanowice Dolne,
Krzyżanowice Średnie,
Leszcze,
Marzęcin,
Młodzawy Duże,
Młodzawy Małe,
Mozgawa,
Nowa Zagość,
Orkanów,
Pasturka,
Podłęże,
Sadek,
Skowronno Dolne,
Skowronno Górne,
Skrzypiów,
Stara Zagość,
Szarbków,
Szczypiec,
Uników,
Winiary,
Włochy
Włochy () is one of the districts of Warsaw, located in the south-western part of city. Włochy borders districts Bemowo and Wola from the north, Ochota and Mokotów from the east, and Ursus and Ursynów from the south.
History
It is not k ...
,
Wola Zagojska Dolna,
Wola Zagojska Górna,
Zagórzyce,
Zakrzów and
Zawarża.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Pińczów is bordered by the gminas of
Busko-Zdrój,
Chmielnik,
Czarnocin,
Działoszyce
Działoszyce is a town in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland, with 882 inhabitants as of December 2021.
History
The town is located in historic Lesser Poland, and the earliest mention of Działoszyce in historical records comes from 1220. In ...
,
Imielno,
Kije,
Michałów,
Wiślica
Wiślica is a town in Busko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wiślica. It lies on the Nida River, approximately south of Busko-Zdrój and so ...
and
Złota.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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