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Gmina Bliżyn 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
Skarżysko County,
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
. Its seat is the village of
Bliżyn, which lies approximately west of
Skarżysko-Kamienna and north of the regional capital
Kielce
Kielce (; ) is a city in south-central Poland and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the banks of the Silnic ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,617.
The gmina contains part of the
protected area called
Suchedniów-Oblęgorek Landscape Park.
Villages
Gmina Bliżyn contains the villages and settlements of
Bliżyn,
Brzeście,
Bugaj,
Drożdżów,
Gilów,
Górki,
Gostków,
Jastrzębia,
Kopcie,
Kucębów,
Mroczków,
Nowki,
Nowy Odrowążek,
Odrowążek
Odrowążek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bliżyn, within Skarżysko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Bliżyn, west of Skarżysko-Kamienna, and north of the ...
,
Płaczków,
Rędocin,
Sobótka,
Sołtyków,
Sorbin,
Ubyszów,
Wojtyniów,
Wołów,
Zagórze and
Zbrojów.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Bliżyn is bordered by the town of
Skarżysko-Kamienna and by the gminas of
Chlewiska,
Łączna,
Stąporków,
Suchedniów,
Szydłowiec and
Zagnańsk.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Blizyn
Skarżysko County