__NOTOC__ Gmina Mełgiew 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

Świdnik County __NOTOC__ Świdnik 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 ...

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, in eastern

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. Its seat is the village of

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 ...

, which lies approximately east of

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 east of the regional capital

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. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,352 (9,448 in 2015).

Villages

Gmina Mełgiew contains the villages and settlements of Dominów, Franciszków, Jacków, Janówek, Janowice,

Józefów Józefów () is a town in east-central Poland, located in Masovian Voivodeship, in Otwock County. It lies about southeast of Warsaw city centre and is a part of that city's metropolitan area. Located on a picturesque confluence of Vistula and Ś ...

, Krępiec,

Krzesimów Krzesimów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mełgiew, within Świdnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Mełgiew, north-east of Świdnik, and east of the regional capital Lublin. ...

, Lubieniec,

, Minkowice, Minkowice-Kolonia,

Nowy Krępiec Nowy Krępiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mełgiew, within Świdnik County, Lublin Voivodeship Lublin Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in the southeastern part of th ...

Piotrówek Pierwszy Piotrówek Pierwszy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mełgiew, within Świdnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Świdnik and east of the regional capital Lublin Lublin is ...

, Podzamcze,

Trzeciaków Trzeciaków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mełgiew, within Świdnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Świdnik and east of the regional capital Lublin Lublin is List of cities ...

Trzeszkowice Trzeszkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mełgiew, within Świdnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Świdnik and east of the regional capital Lublin Lublin is List of ...

and Żurawniki.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Mełgiew is bordered by the town of

and by the gminas of Głusk,

Łęczna Łęczna is a town in eastern Poland with 19,780 inhabitants (2014), situated in Lublin Voivodeship. It is the seat of Łęczna County and the smaller administrative district of Gmina Łęczna. The town is located in northeastern corner of histor ...

, Milejów, Piaski and Wólka.

References

Polish official population figures 2006
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gmina Melgiew Melgiew Świdnik County