__NOTOC__ Gmina Zelów is an urban-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

Bełchatów County __NOTOC__ Bełchatów County ( pl, powiat bełchatowski) 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 ...

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, in 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 town of

Zelów Zelów ( cs, Zelov; german: 1943–45 Sellau) is a town in Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 7,459 inhabitants (2020). History Zelów was probably founded in the 13th century, when it was part of fragmented Piast-ruled Polan ...

, which lies approximately north-west of

Bełchatów Bełchatów () is a city in central Poland with a population of 55,583 as of December 2021. It is located in Łódź Voivodeship, from Warsaw. The Elektrownia Bełchatów, located in Bełchatów, is the largest coal fueled power plant in Euro ...

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 2006 its total population is 15,321 (of which the population of Zelów amounts to 8,173, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,148).

Villages

Apart from the town of Zelów, Gmina Zelów contains the villages and settlements of Bocianicha, Bujny Księże, Bujny Szlacheckie, Chajczyny, Dąbrowa, Faustynów, Grabostów, Grabostów-Bominy, Grębociny, Ignaców, Jamborek, Janów,

Jawor Jawor (german: Jauer) is a town in south-western Poland with 22,890 inhabitants (2019). It is situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship (from 1975 to 1998 it was in the former Legnica Voivodeship). It is the seat of Jawor County, and lies appro ...

, Karczmy, Karczmy-Kolonia, Kociszew, Kociszew A, Kolonia Grabostów, Kolonia Kociszew, Kolonia Ostoja, Krześlów,

Kurów Kurów () is a village in south-eastern Poland, located in the historic province of Lesser Poland, between Puławy and Lublin, on the Kurówka River. It is capital of a separate gmina (municipality) called Gmina Kurów, within Lublin Voivodesh ...

, Kurówek, Kuźnica, Łęki, Łęki-Kolonia, Łobudzice, Łobudzice-Kolonia, Marszywiec, Mauryców, Nowa Wola, Ostoja, Pawłowa, Podlesie, Pożdżenice, Pożdżenice-Kolonia, Przecznia, Pszczółki, Pukawica, Sobki, Sromutka, Tosin,

Walewice Walewice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bielawy, within Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland, on the Bzura River. It lies approximately west of Łowicz and north of the regional capital Łódź. It is ...

, Wola Pszczółecka, Wygiełzów, Wypychów, Zabłoty, Zagłówki, Zalesie and Zelówek.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Zelów is bordered by the gminas of

, Buczek,

Dłutów Dłutów is a village in Pabianice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Dłutów. It lies approximately south of Pabianice and south of the regional capital Łódź. ...

Drużbice Drużbice is a village in Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Drużbice. It lies approximately north of Bełchatów and south of the regional capital Ł� ...

, Kluki,

Łask Łask (; german: Lask) is a town in central Poland with 16,925 inhabitants (2020). It is the capital of Łask County, and is situated in Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Sieradz Voivodeship (1975–1998). The Polish Air Force's 32n ...

, Sędziejowice,

Szczerców Szczerców is a village in Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Szczerców. It lies approximately west of Bełchatów and south-west of the regional capita ...

and

Widawa The Widawa () is a river in Poland, a right-bank tributary of the Oder River. Towns along the Widawa include Namysłów, Bierutów, and Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern P ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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