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Gmina Nowiny (1973-2020: Gmina Sitkówka-Nowiny)
is a rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Kielce County
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Kielce County ( pl, powiat kielecki) 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 gove ...
,
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 village of
Nowiny, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital
Kielce.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,983.
The gmina contains part of the
protected area called
Chęciny-Kielce Landscape Park
Chęciny-Kielce Landscape Park (''Chęcińsko-Kielecki Park Krajobrazowy'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in south-central Poland, established in 1996, covering an area of .
The Park lies within Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship: in Jędrzejà ...
.
Villages
Gmina Nowiny contains the villages and settlements of
Bolechowice,
Kowala,
Nowiny,
Sitkówka,
SÅ‚owik,
Szewce,
Trzcianki,
Wola Murowana,
Zagrody,
Zawada and
Zgórsko.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Nowiny is bordered by the city of
Kielce and by the gminas of
Chęciny,
Morawica and
Piekoszów.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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