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Gmina Sosnowica is a rural
gmina
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(administrative district) in
Parczew County
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Parczew County ( pl, powiat parczewski) 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 ...
,
Lublin Voivodeship
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, in eastern
Poland
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. Its seat is the village of
Sosnowica, which lies approximately south-east of
Parczew
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and north-east of the regional capital
Lublin
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.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 2,645 (2,668 in 2014).
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Sosnowica is bordered by the gminas of
Dębowa Kłoda
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,
Ludwin
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Lublin ...
,
Stary Brus
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,
Urszulin and
Uścimów.
Villages
The gmina contains the following villages having the status of
sołectwo
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Go ...
:
Bohutyn,
Górki,
Izabelin,
Komarówka,
Kropiwki,
Lejno,
Libiszów,
Lipniak,
Mościska,
Nowy Orzechów,
Olchówka,
Pasieka,
Pieszowola,
Sosnowica,
Sosnowica-Dwór,
Stary Orzechów,
Turno
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,
Zienki and
Zbójno.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
{{Parczew County
Sosnowica
Parczew County