Gmina Sawin 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
Chełm County
Chełm County ( pl, powiat chełmski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local g ...
,
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
Sawin
Sawin (; uk, Савин) is a settlement in Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Sawin. It lies approximately north of Chełm and east of the regional capital ...
, which lies approximately north of
Chełm
Chełm (; uk, Холм, Kholm; german: Cholm; yi, כעלם, Khelm) is a city in southeastern Poland with 60,231 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is located to the south-east of Lublin, north of Zamość and south of Biała Podlaska, some ...
and east 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 as of 2006 its total population is 5,660.
Villages
Gmina Sawin contains the villages and settlements of
Aleksandrówka,
Bachus,
Bukowa Mała,
Bukowa Wielka,
Chutcze,
Czułczyce,
Czułczyce Małe,
Czułczyce-Kolonia,
Hredków,
Jagodne,
Krobonosz,
Krobonosz-Kolonia,
Łowcza,
Łowcza-Kolonia,
Łukówek,
Malinówka,
Petryłów,
Podpakule,
Przysiółek,
Radzanów,
Sajczyce
Sajczyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sawin, within Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Sawin, north of Chełm, and east of the regional capital Lublin
Lublin is ...
,
Sawin
Sawin (; uk, Савин) is a settlement in Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Sawin. It lies approximately north of Chełm and east of the regional capital ...
,
Serniawy,
Serniawy-Kolonia,
Średni Łan,
Tomaszówka and
Wólka Petryłowska.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Sawin is bordered by the gminas of
Chełm
Chełm (; uk, Холм, Kholm; german: Cholm; yi, כעלם, Khelm) is a city in southeastern Poland with 60,231 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is located to the south-east of Lublin, north of Zamość and south of Biała Podlaska, some ...
,
Hańsk,
Ruda-Huta,
Wierzbica and
Wola Uhruska.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
{{Chełm County
Sawin
Sawin (; uk, Савин) is a settlement in Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Sawin. It lies approximately north of Chełm and east of the regional capital ...
Chełm County