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Gmina Łosice is an urban-rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Łosice County
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Łosice County ( pl, powiat łosicki) 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 re ...
,
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. Th ...
, 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 populou ...
. Its seat is the town of
Łosice
Łosice (; yi, לאָשיץ ''Loshitz'', russian: Лосице / Лoсічы ''Lositze'') is a town in eastern Poland, seat of the Łosice County and Gmina Łosice (commune) in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999). Previously it was located in ...
, which lies approximately east of
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,258 (out of which the population of Łosice amounts to 7,252, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,006).
Villages
Apart from the town of Łosice, Gmina Łosice contains the villages and settlements of
Biernaty Średnie,
Chotycze,
Chotycze-Kolonia,
Czuchleby,
Dzięcioły,
Jeziory,
Łuzki,
Meszki,
Niemojki,
Niemojki-Stacja,
Nowosielec,
Patków,
Prusy,
Rudnik,
Stare Biernaty,
Świniarów,
Szańków,
Szańków-Kolonia,
Toporów,
Woźniki and
Zakrze.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Łosice is bordered by the gminas of
Huszlew,
Mordy
Mordy is a town in Siedlce County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,831 inhabitants (2004).
History of Mordy
Jewish Community
After the First World War there were approximately 1,800 Jews in Mordy - more than half of its population. They ...
,
Olszanka,
Platerów,
Przesmyki and
Stara Kornica.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Łosice County