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Gmina Wiśniew 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
Siedlce County
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Siedlce County ( pl, powiat siedlecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government r ...
,
Masovian Voivodeship
The Masovian Voivodeship, also known as the Mazovia Province ( pl, województwo mazowieckie ) is a voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, with its capital located in the city of Warsaw, which also serves as the capital of the country. The ...
, in east-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 populous ...
. Its seat is the village of
Wiśniew, which lies approximately south of
Siedlce
Siedlce [] ( yi, שעדליץ ) is a city in eastern Poland with 77,354 inhabitants (). Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously the city was the capital of a separate Siedlce Voivodeship (1975–1998). The city is situated b ...
and east of
Warsaw
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.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,922 (5,815 in 2014).
Villages
Gmina Wiśniew contains the villages and settlements of
Borki-Kosiorki,
Borki-Paduchy,
Borki-Sołdy,
Ciosny,
Daćbogi,
Gostchorz,
Helenów,
Kaczory,
Lipniak,
Łupiny,
Mościbrody,
Mościbrody-Kolonia,
Mroczki,
Myrcha,
Nowe Okniny,
Okniny-Podzdrój,
Pluty,
Radomyśl,
Śmiary,
Stare Okniny,
Stok Wiśniewski,
Tworki
Tworki is a district of Pruszków, a town on the outskirts of Warsaw, Poland. It is famous for the large psychiatric hospital, which opened in 1891 and is still operating to this day as a part of the Medical University of Warsaw. It is the sit ...
,
Wiśniew,
Wiśniew-Kolonia,
Wólka Wiśniewska,
Wólka Wołyniecka and
Zabłocie.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Wiśniew is bordered by the gminas of
Domanice,
Łuków
Łuków is a city in eastern Poland with 30,727 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2005). Since 1999, it has been situated in the Lublin Voivodeship, previously it had belonged to the Siedlce Voivodeship (between 1975–1998). It is the capital of Ł ...
,
Siedlce
Siedlce [] ( yi, שעדליץ ) is a city in eastern Poland with 77,354 inhabitants (). Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously the city was the capital of a separate Siedlce Voivodeship (1975–1998). The city is situated b ...
,
Skórzec and
Zbuczyn
Zbuczyn is a village in Siedlce County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Zbuczyn. It lies approximately south-east of Siedlce and east of Warsaw.
The history of Zb ...
.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Wisniew
Siedlce County