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Gmina Skomlin 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
Wieluń County
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Wieluń County ( pl, powiat wieluński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Łódź Voivodeship, central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reform ...
,
Łódź Voivodeship, in central
Poland
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. Its seat is the village of
Skomlin, which lies approximately south-west of
Wieluń and south-west of the regional capital
Łódź
Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2023 its total population is 3,354.
Villages
Gmina Skomlin contains the villages and settlements of
Bojanów,
Brzeziny,
Kazimierz
Kazimierz (; la, Casimiria; yi, קוזמיר, Kuzimyr) is a historical district of Kraków and Kraków Old Town, Poland. From its inception in the 14th century to the early 19th century, Kazimierz was an independent city, a royal city of the ...
,
Klasak Duży,
Klasak Mały,
Ług,
Malinówka,
Maręże,
Skomlin,
Smugi,
Toplin,
Walenczyzna,
Wichernik,
Wróblew,
Wygoda,
Zadole,
Zbęk and
Złota Góra.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Skomlin is bordered by the gminas of
Biała,
Gorzów Śląski
Gorzów Śląski (german: Landsberg in Oberschlesien) is a town in Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,452 inhabitants (2019).
Notable people
* Nathanael Pringsheim (1823–1894), Jewish German botanist
*Herbert Weichmann
Herbert ...
,
Łubnice,
Mokrsko
Mokrsko is a village in Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Mokrsko. It lies approximately south-west of Wieluń and south-west of the regional capita ...
,
Praszka
Praszka (german: Praschkau) is a town in Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 7,655 inhabitants (2019).
History
The oldest known mention of the settlement dates back to 1260. It was granted town rights in 1392 by Polish King Władysła ...
and
Wieluń.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
{{Wieluń County
Skomlin
Wieluń County