__NOTOC__ Gmina Stary Brus 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

Włodawa County __NOTOC__ Włodawa County ( pl, powiat włodawski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine and Belarus. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a resu ...

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, in eastern

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. Its seat is the village of

Stary Brus Stary Brus is a village in Włodawa County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Stary Brus. It lies approximately south-west of Włodawa and north-east of the regional capital ...

, which lies approximately south-west of

Włodawa Włodawa (; yi, וולאָדאַווע, Vlodave; ua, Володава, Volodava) is a town in eastern Poland on the Bug River, close to the borders with Belarus and Ukraine. It is the seat of Włodawa County, situated in the Lublin Voivodeship ...

and north-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 2,202. The gmina contains part of the

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called

Polesie Landscape Park Polesie Landscape Park (''Poleski Park Krajobrazowy'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in eastern Poland, established in 1983, covering an area of . The Park lies within Lublin Voivodeship, in Włodawa County __NOTOC__ Włodawa County ( p ...

Villages

Gmina Stary Brus contains the villages and settlements of Dębina, Dominiczyn,

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, Kamień, Kołacze, Kułaków, Laski Bruskie, Lubowierz,

Marianka Marianka ( hu, Máriavölgy) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Malacky District in the Bratislava region, in the foothills of the Little Carpathians. The village is the oldest pilgrimage site in Slovakia and the first pilgrimag ...

, Mietułka, Nowiny, Nowy Brus, Pieńki, Skorodnica,

, Szmokotówka, Wielki Łan, Wołoskowola and Zamołodycze.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Stary Brus is bordered by the gminas of

Dębowa Kłoda Dębowa Kłoda is a village in Parczew County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Dębowa Kłoda. It lies approximately east of Parczew Parczew is a town in eastern Polan ...

Hańsk Hańsk is a village in Włodawa County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Hańsk. It lies approximately south-west of Włodawa and east of the regional capital Lublin ...

, Sosnowica, Urszulin and

Wyryki Wyryki-Kolonia is a village in Włodawa County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wyryki. It lies approximately west of Włodawa and north-east of the regional capital Lubli ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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