Gmina Wólka is a rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Lublin County
Lublin County ( pl, Powiat Lubelski) 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 passed in 1 ...
,
Lublin Voivodeship
The Lublin Voivodeship, also known as the Lublin Province ( Polish: ''województwo lubelskie'' ), is a voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in southeastern part of the country. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin, C ...
, in eastern
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 populou ...
. It takes its name from the village of
Wólka, which was the gmina seat until 30 December 1999. Since then the seat has been the village of
Jakubowice Murowane (the gmina offices are in fact situated in part of that village which is administratively part of the city of
Lublin).
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 12,394.
Villages
Gmina Wólka contains the villages and settlements of
Biskupie-Kolonia,
Bystrzyca,
Długie,
Jakubowice Murowane,
Kolonia Pliszczyn,
Kolonia Świdnik Mały,
Łuszczów Drugi,
Łuszczów Pierwszy,
Łysaków,
Pliszczyn,
Rudnik,
Sobianowice,
Świdniczek,
Świdnik Duży,
Świdnik Mały,
Turka and
Wólka.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Wólka is bordered by the towns of
Lublin and
Świdnik
Świdnik () is a town in southeastern Poland with 40,186 inhabitants (2012), situated in the Lublin Voivodeship, southeast of the city of Lublin. It is the capital of Świdnik County. Świdnik belongs to the historic province of Lesser Poland, ...
, and by the gminas of
Łęczna
Łęczna is a town in eastern Poland with 19,780 inhabitants (2014), situated in Lublin Voivodeship. It is the seat of Łęczna County and the smaller administrative district of Gmina Łęczna. The town is located in northeastern corner of histo ...
,
Mełgiew,
Niemce and
Spiczyn.
References
External links
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Gminas in Lublin Voivodeship, Wolka
Lublin County