__NOTOC__
Gmina Raków 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
Kielce County
__NOTOC__
Kielce County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passe ...
,
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship ( ), also known as Holy Cross Voivodeship, is a voivodeship (province) in southeastern Poland, in the historical region of Lesser Poland. The province's capital and largest city is Kielce. The voivodeship takes its ...
, in south-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
Raków, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital
Kielce
Kielce (; ) is a city in south-central Poland and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the banks of the Silnic ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,747.
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
Cisów-Orłowiny Landscape Park.
Villages
Gmina Raków contains the villages and settlements of
Bardo,
Celiny,
Chańcza,
Dębno,
Drogowle,
Głuchów-Lasy,
Jamno,
Korzenno,
Koziel,
Lipiny,
Mędrów,
Nowa Huta,
Ociesęki,
Pągowiec,
Papiernia,
Pułaczów,
Radostów,
Raków,
Rakówka,
Rembów,
Smyków,
Stary Głuchów,
Szumsko,
Szumsko-Kolonie,
Wola Wąkopna,
Wólka Pokłonna,
Zalesie and
Życiny.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Raków is bordered by the gminas of
Bogoria,
Daleszyce,
Iwaniska,
Łagów,
Pierzchnica
Pierzchnica is a town in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) of Gmina Pierzchnica. It lies in historic Lesser Poland, approximately south-east of the regiona ...
,
Staszów and
Szydłów.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gmina Rakow
Rakow
Kielce County