Gmina Kodeń 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
Biała Podlaska County Biała (the feminine form of Polish ''biały'' 'white') may refer to:
Cities and towns in Poland Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)
* Biała, Gmina Trzcianka
* Biała, Gmina Wieleń
* Biała, Kalisz County
* Biała, Konin County
Łó ...
,
Lublin Voivodeship
Lublin Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in the southeastern part of the country, with its capital being the city of Lublin.
The region is named after its largest city and regional capital, Lu ...
, in eastern
Poland
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, on the border with
Belarus
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. Its seat is the village of
Kodeń, which lies approximately east of
Biała Podlaska
Biała Podlaska (; ) is a city in the Lublin Voivodeship in eastern Poland with 56,498 inhabitants It is the capital of Biała Podlaska County, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The city lies on ...
and north-east of the regional capital
Lublin
Lublin is List of cities and towns in Poland, the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the centre of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin i ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,998 (3,742 in 2014).
Villages
Gmina Kodeń contains the villages and settlements of
Dobratycze,
Dobromyśl,
Elżbiecin,
Kąty,
Kodeń,
Kopytów,
Kopytów-Kolonia,
Kostomłoty,
Kożanówka,
Okczyn,
Olszanki,
Szostaki,
Zabłocie,
Zabłocie-Kolonia,
Zagacie and
Zalewsze.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Kodeń is bordered by the gminas of
Piszczac,
Sławatycze,
Terespol
Terespol (; ) is a border town in eastern Poland on the border with Belarus. It lies on the border river Bug, directly opposite the city of Brest, Belarus. It has 5,794 inhabitants as of 2014.
Overview
Since 1999 Terespol has been within Bia� ...
and
Tuczna
Tuczna is a village in Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Tuczna. It lies approximately south-east of Biała Podlaska and north-east of the regional ...
. It also borders
Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...
.
References
External links
Polish official population figures 2006
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Koden
Biała Podlaska County