__NOTOC__ Gmina Puchaczów 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

Łęczna County __NOTOC__ Łęczna 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

Puchaczów Puchaczów is a village in Łęczna County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Puchaczów. It lies approximately east of Łęczna and east of the regional capital Lublin ...

, which lies approximately east of

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 ...

and east 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 as of 2006 its total population is 4,887 (5,513 in 2015). 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 Łęczna Lake District Landscape Park.

Villages

Gmina Puchaczów contains the villages and settlements of Albertów, Bogdanka,

Brzeziny Brzeziny (; , ''Brezin'') is a town in Poland, in Łódź Voivodeship, about east of Łódź. It is the capital of Brzeziny County and has a population of 12,326 as of December 2021. It is situated on the Mrożyca River within the historic Łęcz ...

, Ciechanki, Ciechanki-Kolonia, Jasieniec, Nadrybie Ukazowe, Nadrybie-Dwór, Nadrybie-Wieś, Ostrówek,

, Stara Wieś, Szpica, Turowola, Turowola-Kolonia, Wesołówka and Zawadów.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Puchaczów is bordered by the gminas of

Cyców Cyców is a village in Łęczna County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Cyców. It lies approximately(approx) east of Łęczna and east of the regional capital Lublin ...

Ludwin Ludwin is a village in Łęczna County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Ludwin. It lies approximately north of Łęczna and east of the regional capital Lublin Lubl ...

, Milejów and Siedliszcze.

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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