Gmina Głusk 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

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, in eastern

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. It takes its name from Głusk – this was formerly a village, but in 1988 was incorporated into the city of

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, and is therefore no longer a part of the territory of Gmina Głusk. Dominów serves as its administrative seat. The gmina lies to the south-east of the regional capital

. It covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 11,327 (9,633 in 2013).

Villages

Gmina Głusk contains the villages and settlements of Abramowice Prywatne, Ćmiłów, Dominów, Głuszczyzna, Kalinówka, Kazimierzówka, Kliny, Majdan Mętowski, Mętów, Nowiny, Prawiedniki, Prawiedniki-Kolonia, Wilczopole, Wilczopole-Kolonia, Wólka Abramowicka and Żabia Wola.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Głusk is bordered by the towns of

and

Świdnik Świdnik () is a town in southeastern Poland with 40,186 inhabitants (2012), situated in the Lublin Voivodeship, southeast of the city of Lublin. It is the capital of Świdnik County. Świdnik belongs to the historic province of Lesser Poland, ...

, and by the gminas of Jabłonna,

Mełgiew Mełgiew is a village in Świdnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) Gmina Mełgiew. It lies approximately east of Świdnik and east of the regional capital Lublin Lublin is ...

Niedrzwica Duża Niedrzwica Duża is a village in Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Niedrzwica Duża. It lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Lublin. History ...

, Piaski and Strzyżewice.

References

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