Gmina Księżpol 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
Biłgoraj County
Biłgoraj County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its adminis ...
,
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
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
Księżpol, which lies approximately south of
Biłgoraj
Biłgoraj (, ''Bilgoray'', ) is a town in south-eastern Poland with 25,838 inhabitants as of December 2021. Since 1999 it has been situated in Lublin Voivodeship; it was previously located in Zamość Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is located sou ...
and south 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 6,804.
Villages
Gmina Księżpol contains the villages and settlements of
Borki,
Budzyń,
Bukowiec,
Gliny,
Kamionka,
Korchów Drugi,
Korchów Pierwszy,
Księżpol,
Kuchy-Kolonia,
Kulasze,
Marianka,
Markowicze,
Markowicze-Cegielnia,
Nowy Lipowiec,
Nowy Majdan,
Pawlichy
Pawlichy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Księżpol, within Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Księżpol, south of Biłgoraj, and south of the regional capital Lublin
...
,
Płusy,
Przymiarki,
Rakówka,
Rogale,
Stare Króle,
Stary Lipowiec,
Stary Majdan,
Telikały,
Zanie,
Zawadka and
Zynie.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Księżpol is bordered by the gminas of
Aleksandrów,
Biłgoraj
Biłgoraj (, ''Bilgoray'', ) is a town in south-eastern Poland with 25,838 inhabitants as of December 2021. Since 1999 it has been situated in Lublin Voivodeship; it was previously located in Zamość Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is located sou ...
,
Biszcza,
Łukowa and
Tarnogród
Tarnogród (; ; , or , ''Tarnohorod'') is a town in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. It has a population of 3,399 (2006).
Tarnogród is the southernmost town of the voivodeship; the distance to Lublin is 110 kilometres, while the dis ...
.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Ksiezpol
Biłgoraj County