Gromada Osiek is a group of several Polish villages, constituted at the lowest tier of local government. They take over the role previously played by Gmina Osiek at a smaller scale than Gmina Osiek. In

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between September 29, 1954 to December 31, 1972 these villages were introduced as a

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word meaning “Osiek”. These units are created by the Communist Polish Law and have legal effect. Gromadzka National Council was the executive organ of the group. The

gromada Gromada is a Polish word meaning "gathering", "group", or "assembly". In the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the term referred to a village organization which embraced all the inhabitants of a village and acted as a local authority, as well a ...

continued to function in

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(

administrative division of the Second Polish Republic Subdivisions of the Second Polish Republic became an issue immediately after the creation of the Second Polish Republic in 1918. The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth had been partitioned in the late 18th century. Various parts of new Polish terr ...

. It later became a

sołectwo A sołectwo ( Polish plural: ''sołectwa'') is an administrative unit in Poland, an optional subdivision of a gmina. The actions and organs of the sołectwo are decided by the gmina council. On 31 December 2018 Poland had 40 740 sołectwa. G ...

, a subdivision of a gmina (as an auxiliary unit of a commune from

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to the end of 1954. At present the smallest unit of local government in rural Poland is the

. The

originally named localities the territorial council developed between the 15th and 18th centuries, and continued to function in Congress Poland. As of 29 September 1952 Gromada Osiek consisted of 10

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

s: Długołęka, Kąty, Lipnik, Łęg, Mikołajów, Mucharzów, Osieczko, Osiek, Pliskowola and

Suchowola Suchowola (; lt, Suchovola, be, Сухаволя ''Suchavolja'') is a town in north-eastern Poland in Sokółka County, located on both banks of the Olszanka River. It is situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously be ...

. As of 1 July 1952 the gmina Osiek consisted of 14

s:Cf. Długołęka, Grabowiec, Kąty, Lipnik, Łęg, Mikołajów, Mucharzów, Osieczko, Osiek, Pliskowola, Strzegom,

, Wiązownica Mała and Wiązownica Wielka.

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{{Gromada Osiek Gromada Osiek

See also

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