Gmina Adamów is a rural
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...
(administrative district) in
Zamość County
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,
Lublin Voivodeship
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The region is named after its largest city and regional capital, Lu ...
, in eastern
Poland
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. Its seat is the village of
Adamów, which lies approximately south-west of
Zamość
Zamość (; ; ) is a historical city in southeastern Poland. It is situated in the southern part of Lublin Voivodeship, about from Lublin, from Warsaw. In 2021, the population of Zamość was 62,021.
Zamość was founded in 1580 by Jan Zamoyski ...
and south-east of the regional capital
Lublin
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.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,058 (4,871 in 2013).
History
In the area there is a large park from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with wooden manor houses and a historical chapel from the nineteenth century.
During the Second World War, the commune of Adamów was an area of very lively partisan activity. Bondyrz was pacified three times by the Germans and today has a unique museum of the history of the World Association of Home Army Soldiers.
The armed uprising took place on 30 December 1942 in the town of Wojda. That date was considered to be the beginning of the Zamość uprising, which lasted until 25 July 1944.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Adamów is bordered by the gminas of
Krasnobród
Krasnobród () is a spa town in Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. It is located near the Roztocze National Park and Krasnobród Landscape Park. The Wieprz River flows through the town. Points of interest include an old church and a forme ...
,
Krynice,
Łabunie
Łabunie () is a village in Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Łabunie. It lies some southeast of Zamość and southeast of the regional capital, Lublin ...
,
Zamość
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Zamość was founded in 1580 by Jan Zamoyski ...
and
Zwierzyniec
Zwierzyniec () is a town on the Wieprz river in the Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. It has 3,324 inhabitants (2004).
Zwierzyniec is the northernmost town of the Roztocze National Park. The park comprises some of the last remaining s ...
.
Public administration
As of 2024 the mayor is Krzysztof Pilip. The office is located at Adamów 11b, 22-442 Adamów
Villages
The gmina contains the following villages with the status of
sołectwo
A sołectwo ( Polish plural: ''sołectwa'') is an administrative unit in Poland, an optional subdivision of a gmina
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:
References
External links
Polish official population figures 2006
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