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Gmina Działoszyce 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
Pińczów County
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Pińczów County is a unit of administration with the degree of the Sejm on territorial and territorial self-government in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It was established on January 1, 1992 as a result of Polish ...
,
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship ( ), also known as Holy Cross Voivodeship, is a voivodeship (province) in southeastern Poland, in the historical region of Lesser Poland. The province's capital and largest city is Kielce. The voivodeship takes its ...
, 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 town of
Działoszyce, which lies approximately south-west of
Pińczów
Pińczów is a town in southern Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, about 40 km south of Kielce. It is the capital of Pińczów County. The population is 10,946 (2018). Pińczów belongs to the historical region of Lesser Poland (Polish: ...
and south 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 5,640 (out of which the population of Działoszyce amounts to 1,068, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,572).
The gmina contains part of the
protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...
called
Kozubów Landscape Park.
Villages
Apart from the town of Działoszyce, Gmina Działoszyce contains the villages and settlements of
Biedrzykowice,
Bronocice,
Bronów,
Chmielów,
Dębiany,
Dębowiec,
Dziekanowice,
Dzierążnia,
Dziewięczyce,
Gaik,
Iżykowice,
Jakubowice,
Januszowice,
Jastrzębniki,
Ksawerów,
Kujawki,
Kwaszyn,
Lipówka,
Marianów,
Niewiatrowice,
Opatkowice,
Pierocice,
Podrózie,
Sancygniów,
Stępocice,
Sudół,
Åšwierczyna,
Sypów,
Szczotkowice,
Szyszczyce,
Teodorów,
Wola Knyszyńska,
Wolica,
Wymysłów,
Zagaje Dębiańskie and
Zagórze.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Działoszyce is bordered by the gminas of
Czarnocin,
Książ Wielki,
Michałów,
Pińczów
Pińczów is a town in southern Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, about 40 km south of Kielce. It is the capital of Pińczów County. The population is 10,946 (2018). Pińczów belongs to the historical region of Lesser Poland (Polish: ...
,
Racławice,
Skalbmierz,
Słaboszów and
Wodzisław.
References
Polish official population figures 2006* Dzialoszyce, Poland, is also where Jewish brothers were saved during World War II as depicted in the 2005 documentary film Hiding And Seeking by Menachem Daum - see PBS POV as vi
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Gminas in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Dzialoszyce
Pińczów County