Gmina Potok Górny 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
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. Its seat is the village of
Potok Górny, which lies approximately south-west 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 in 2006 its total population was 5,591.
Potok Górny is the poorest gmina in Poland.
[https://www.radio.lublin.pl/news/potok-gorny-najbiedniejsza-gmina-w-polsce Potok Górny, the poorest gmina in Poland - Radio Lublin]
Villages
Gmina Potok Górny contains the villages and settlements of
Dąbrówka,
Jasiennik Stary,
Jedlinki,
Kolonia Malennik,
Lipiny Dolne,
Lipiny Dolne-Kolonia,
Lipiny Górne-Borowina,
Lipiny Górne-Lewki,
Naklik,
Potok Górny,
Szyszków and
Zagródki.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Potok Górny is bordered by the gminas of
Biszcza,
Harasiuki,
Krzeszów and
Kuryłówka
Kuryłówka is a village in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kuryłówka. It lies on the navigable San (river), San River, approximately north- ...
.
References
External links
Polish official population figures 2006
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Biłgoraj County