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Gmina Małogoszcz 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
Jędrzejów County
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Jędrzejów County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms p ...
,
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
Małogoszcz
Małogoszcz is a town in the Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in southern Poland. The Battle of Małogoszcz. one of the biggest battles of the 1863 January Uprising, took place there. Małogoszcz belongs to Lesser Poland; the nam ...
, which lies approximately north of
Jędrzejów and west 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 11,758 (out of which the population of Małogoszcz amounts to 3,943, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,815).
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
Chęciny-Kielce Landscape Park.
Villages
Apart from the town of Małogoszcz, Gmina Małogoszcz contains the villages and settlements of
Bocheniec,
Henryków,
Karsznice,
Kozłów,
Lasochów,
Leśnica,
Lipnica,
Ludwinów,
Mieronice,
Mniszek,
Rembieszyce,
Wiśnicz,
Wola Tesserowa,
Wrzosówka,
Wygnanów,
Zakrucze,
Żarczyce Duże,
Żarczyce Małe and
Złotniki.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Małogoszcz is bordered by the gminas of
Chęciny
Chęciny is a town in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, southern Poland, with 4,361 inhabitants as of December 2021. It was first mentioned in historical documents from 1275, and obtained its Magdeburg rights, city charter in 1325. At ...
,
Jędrzejów,
Krasocin,
Łopuszno,
Oksa,
Piekoszów,
Sobków
Sobków is a town in Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Sobków. It lies in historic Lesser Poland, approximately north-east of Jędrzejów ...
and
Włoszczowa
Włoszczowa is a town in southern Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, about west of Kielce. It is the capital of Włoszczowa County. Population is 10,657 (2010). Włoszczowa lies in historic Lesser Poland. The town has the area of 30 k ...
.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Malogoszcz
Jędrzejów County