__NOTOC__ Gmina Skarżysko Kościelne 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

Skarżysko County __NOTOC__ Skarżysko County ( pl, powiat skarżyski) 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 ...

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, in south-central

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. Its seat is the village of

Skarżysko Kościelne Skarżysko Kościelne is a village in Skarżysko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district of Gmina Skarżysko Kościelne. It should not be confused with the nearby town of Skarżysko-Kamienna. It ...

, which lies approximately north of

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and north-east of the regional capital

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. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,188.

Villages

Gmina Skarżysko Kościelne contains the villages and settlements of Grzybowa Góra, Kierz Niedźwiedzi, Lipowe Pole Plebańskie, Lipowe Pole Skarbowe, Majków, Michałów,

and Świerczek.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Skarżysko Kościelne is bordered by the town of

and by the gminas of Mirów,

Mirzec Mirzec is a village in Starachowice County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship The Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, also known as the Świętokrzyskie Province, and the Holy Cross Voivodeship ( pl, województwo świętokrzyskie ) is a voivodeship (p ...

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and

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References

Polish official population figures 2006

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