__NOTOC__ Gmina Stąporków is an urban-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

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

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 town of Stąporków, which lies approximately south-east of

Końskie Końskie () is a town in south-central Poland with 20,328 inhabitants (2008), situated in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. Historically, Końskie belongs to the province of Lesser Poland, and since its foundation, until 1795 (see Partitions of P ...

and north 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 18,313 (out of which the population of Stąporków amounts to 5,986, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,327). 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 Suchedniów-Oblęgorek Landscape Park.

Villages

Apart from the town of Stąporków, Gmina Stąporków contains the villages and settlements of Adamek,

Bień Bień is a village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural are ...

, Błaszków, Błotnica, Boków, Czarna, Czarniecka Góra, Duraczów, Furmanów, Gosań, Grzybów, Gustawów, Hucisko, Janów, Kamienna Wola, Komorów, Kozia Wola, Krasna, Lelitków, Luta, Modrzewina, Mokra, Nadziejów, Niekłań Mały, Niekłań Wielki, Odrowąż, Pardołów, Piasek, Smarków, Świerczów, Wąglów, Wielka Wieś, Włochów, Wólka Plebańska and Wólka Zychowa.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Stąporków is bordered by the gminas of

Bliżyn Bliżyn is a village in Skarżysko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bliżyn. It lies on the Kamienna river and Bliżyn Reservoir, approximately west ...

, Chlewiska,

, Mniów,

Przysucha Przysucha is a town in south-central Poland. Located in historic Lesser Poland, it is part of the Masovian Voivodeship, about southwest of Warsaw and west of Radom. It is the capital of Przysucha County, and the town 6,762 inhabitants (2004). ...

, Smyków and

Zagnańsk Zagnańsk is a village in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Zagnańsk. It lies approximately north of the regional capital Kielce Kielce (; ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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