__NOTOC__ Gmina Wąchock is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Starachowice County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wąchock, which lies approximately north-west of Starachowice and north-east of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,972 (out of which the population of Wąchock amounts to 2,760, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,212). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Sieradowice Landscape Park.

Villages

Apart from the town of Wąchock, Gmina Wąchock contains the villages and settlements of Marcinków, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Marcinków, Parszów, Rataje, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Rataje, Węglów and Wielka Wieś, Starachowice County, Wielka Wieś.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wąchock is bordered by the towns of Skarżysko-Kamienna and Starachowice, and by the gminas of Gmina Bodzentyn, Bodzentyn, Gmina Brody, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Brody, Gmina Mirzec, Mirzec, Gmina Pawłów, Pawłów, Gmina Skarżysko Kościelne, Skarżysko Kościelne and Gmina Suchedniów, Suchedniów.

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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