Gmina Potok Górny is a 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

Biłgoraj County Biłgoraj County ( pl, powiat biłgorajski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms pass ...

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, Che� ...

, 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 populous ...

. Its seat is the village of Potok Górny, which lies approximately south-west of

Biłgoraj Biłgoraj ( yi, בילגאריי, ''Bilgoray'', ua, Білґорай) is a town in south-eastern Poland with 25,838 inhabitants as of December 2021. Since 1999 it has been situated in Lublin Voivodeship; it was previously located in Zamość Vo ...

and south of the regional capital

Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and in 2006 its total population was 5,591. Potok Górny is the poorest gmina in Poland.https://www.radio.lublin.pl/news/potok-gorny-najbiedniejsza-gmina-w-polsce Potok Górny, the poorest gmina in Poland - Radio Lublin

Villages

Gmina Potok Górny contains the villages and settlements of Dąbrówka, Jasiennik Stary, Jedlinki, Kolonia Malennik, Lipiny Dolne, Lipiny Dolne-Kolonia, Lipiny Górne-Borowina, Lipiny Górne-Lewki,

Naklik Naklik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Potok Górny, within Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Potok Górny, south-west of Biłgoraj, and south of the regional capital Lub ...

, Potok Górny, Szyszków and Zagródki.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Potok Górny is bordered by the gminas of Biszcza,

Harasiuki Harasiuki ( uk, Гарасюки, ''Harasiuky'') is a village in Nisko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Harasiuki. It lies approximately east of Nisk ...

, Krzeszów and

Kuryłówka Kuryłówka is a village in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kuryłówka. It lies on the navigable San River, approximately north-east of ...

References

External links

Polish official population figures 2006
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