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Gmina Sobków is a rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Jędrzejów County
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Jędrzejów County ( pl, powiat jędrzejowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish l ...
,
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
The Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, also known as the Świętokrzyskie Province, and the Holy Cross Voivodeship ( pl, województwo świętokrzyskie ) is a voivodeship (province) of Poland situated in southeastern part of the country, in the histo ...
, in south-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 village of
Sobków, which lies approximately north-east of
Jędrzejów and south-west of the regional capital
Kielce.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,266.
The gmina contains part of the
protected area called
Chęciny-Kielce Landscape Park
Chęciny-Kielce Landscape Park (''Chęcińsko-Kielecki Park Krajobrazowy'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in south-central Poland, established in 1996, covering an area of .
The Park lies within Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship: in Jędrzej ...
.
Villages
Gmina Sobków contains the villages and settlements of
Bizoręda,
Brzegi,
Brzeźno
Brzeźno (; german: Brösen /b̥ʁøzn/; csb, Brzézno) is one of the quarters of the city of Gdańsk, Poland with a sandy beach and 130 m long pier.
Location
The north of the quarter is bordered by the Bay of Gdańsk. From the east, it ...
,
Choiny,
Chomentów,
Jawór,
Karsy,
Korytnica,
Lipa,
Miąsowa,
Mokrsko Dolne,
Mokrsko Górne,
Mzurowa,
Niziny,
Nowe Kotlice,
Osowa,
Sobków,
Sokołów Dolny,
Sokołów Górny,
Staniowice,
Stare Kotlice,
Szczepanów,
Wierzbica,
Wólka Kawęcka and
Żerniki.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Sobków is bordered by the gminas of
Chęciny,
Imielno,
Jędrzejów,
Kije,
Małogoszcz
Małogoszcz is a town in the Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland. The Battle of Małogoszcz. one of the biggest battles of the 1863 January Uprising, took place there. Małogoszcz belongs to Lesser Poland; the name of the ...
and
Morawica.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Sobkow
Jędrzejów County