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Gmina Błaszki is an urban-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
Sieradz County
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Sieradz County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Łódź Voivodeship, central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its ...
,
Łódź Voivodeship
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, in central
Poland
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. Established by the noble family ''Baszczyk'' or ''Blaszczyk'' (means of Baszczyk/Blaszczyk). Its seat is the town of
Błaszki, which lies approximately west of
Sieradz and west of the regional capital
Łódź
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.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,090, of which the population of Błaszki is 2,179, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,911.
Villages
Apart from the town of Błaszki (Baszczyk), Gmina Błaszki contains the villages and settlements of
Adamki,
Borysławice,
Brończyn,
Brudzew,
Bukowina,
Chociszew,
Chrzanowice,
Cienia Wielka,
Domaniew,
Garbów,
Golków,
Gorzałów,
Gruszczyce,
Grzymaczew,
Gzików,
Jasionna,
Kalinowa,
Kamienna-Kolonia,
Kamienna-Wieś,
Kije,
Kobylniki,
Kociołki,
Kokoszki,
Kołdów,
Korzenica,
Kwasków,
Lubanów,
Łubna-Jakusy,
Łubna-Jarosłaj,
Maciszewice,
Marianów,
Morawki,
Mroczki Małe,
Nacesławice,
Niedoń,
Orzeżyn,
Romanów,
Równa,
Sarny,
Sędzimirowice,
Skalmierz,
Smaszków,
Stok Nowy,
Stok Polski,
Sudoły,
Suliszewice,
Tuwalczew,
Włocin-Kolonia,
Włocin-Wieś,
Wójcice,
Wojków,
Woleń,
Wrząca,
Zawady,
Żelisław and
Żelisław-Kolonia.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Błaszki is bordered by the gminas of
Brąszewice,
Brzeziny,
Goszczanów,
Szczytniki,
Warta and
Wróblew.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Blaszki
Sieradz County