Gmina Poświętne 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
Opoczno County
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Opoczno County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Łódź Voivodeship, south-east Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. I ...
,
Łódź Voivodeship
Łódź Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province is named after its capital and largest city, Łódź, pronounced .
Łódź Voivodeship is bordered by six other voivodeships: Masovian Voivodeship ...
, in 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
Poświętne, approximately north of
Opoczno
Opoczno () is a town in south-central Poland, seat of Opoczno County in the Łódź Voivodeship. It has a long and rich history, and in the past it used to be one of the most important urban centers of northwestern Lesser Poland. Currently, Opoczno ...
and southeast of the regional capital
Łódź
Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...
.
The gmina covers s. As of 2006 its total population is 3,318.
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
Spała Landscape Park
Spała Landscape Park (''Spalski Park Krajobrazowy'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in central Poland, established in 1995, covering an area of . It takes its name from the village of Spała.
The Park lies within Łódź Voivodeship: in ...
.
Villages
Gmina Poświętne contains the villages and settlements of
Anielin,
Brudzewice,
Brudzewice-Kolonia,
Buczek,
Dęba,
Dęborzeczka,
Fryszerka,
Gapinin,
Gapinin-Kolonia,
Kozłowiec,
Małoszyce,
Mysiakowiec
Mysiakowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poświętne, within Opoczno County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north of Poświętne, north of Opoczno, and east of the regional capital Łód ...
,
Ponikła,
Poręby,
Poświętne,
Stefanów,
Studzianna and
Wólka Kuligowska.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Poświętne is bordered by the gminas of
Drzewica
Drzewica is a town in Opoczno County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,778 inhabitants as of December 2021. From 1975 to 1998 the town was a part of Radom Voivodeship. Located on the Drzewiczka river (a tributary to the Pilica (river), Pilica) ...
,
Inowłódz
Inowłódz is a town in Tomaszów Mazowiecki County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Inowłódz. It lies approximately east of Tomaszów Mazowiecki and south-east of ...
,
Odrzywół,
Opoczno
Opoczno () is a town in south-central Poland, seat of Opoczno County in the Łódź Voivodeship. It has a long and rich history, and in the past it used to be one of the most important urban centers of northwestern Lesser Poland. Currently, Opoczno ...
and
Rzeczyca.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Poswietne
Opoczno County