__NOTOC__ Gmina Platerów 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

Łosice County __NOTOC__ Łosice County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998 ...

Masovian Voivodeship Masovian Voivodeship or Mazowieckie Province (, ) and any variation thereof, is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, containing Poland's capital Warsaw. Masovian Voivodeship has an area of and had a 2019 po ...

, in east-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 village of Platerów, which lies approximately north-east of

Łosice Łosice (; ''Loshitz'', ''Lositze'') is a town in eastern Poland, seat of the Łosice County and Gmina Łosice (commune) in the Masovian Voivodeship. History Łosice was first mentioned in 1264, as a medieval settlement from around the 11th– ...

and east of

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,163 (5,035 in 2014). 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 Podlasie Bug Gorge Landscape Park.

Villages

Gmina Platerów contains the villages and settlements of Chłopków, Chłopków-Kolonia, Czuchów, Czuchów-Pieńki, Falatycze, Górki, Hruszew, Hruszniew, Hruszniew-Kolonia, Kamianka, Kisielew, Lipno, Mężenin, Mężenin-Kolonia, Michałów, Myszkowice, Nowodomki, Ostromęczyn, Ostromęczyn-Kolonia, Platerów, Puczyce, Rusków and Zaborze.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Platerów is bordered by the gminas of

Drohiczyn Drohiczyn () (, ) is a town in Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland. The town has a population of 2,110 and is situated on the bank of the Bug River. Drohiczyn has a long and rich history, as in the past it was one of the most impo ...

, Korczew,

, Przesmyki, Sarnaki,

Siemiatycze Siemiatycze ( ''Siamiatyčy'') is a town in eastern Poland, with 14,391 inhabitants (2019). It is the capital of Siemiatycze County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. History The history of Siemiatycze dates back to the mid-16th century, when the vil ...

and

Stara Kornica Stara Kornica is a village in Łosice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Stara Kornica. It lies approximately south-east of Łosice and east of Warsaw Wa ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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