__NOTOC__ Gmina Uścimów 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

Lubartów County __NOTOC__ Lubartów 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 Uścimów, which lies approximately east of

Lubartów Lubartów () is a town in eastern Poland, with 23,000 inhabitants (2004), situated in Lublin Voivodeship. It is the capital of Lubartów County and the Lubartów Commune. Historically it belongs to Lesser Poland. Lubartów was established in 154 ...

and north-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 3,385 (3,307 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 Łęczna Lake District Landscape Park or Łęczna Lakeland Scenic Park () is a protected area (a Landscape Park) in eastern Poland, established in 1990, covering an area of in the geographic region called the Łęczna-Włodawa Lakeland (Pojezi ...

Villages

Gmina Uścimów contains the villages and settlements of Drozdówka, Głębokie, Krasne, Maśluchy, Nowa Jedlanka, Nowy Uścimów, Ochoża, Orzechów-Kolonia, Rudka Starościańska, Ryczka, Stara Jedlanka and Uścimów.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Uścimów is bordered by the gminas of

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

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 ...

Ostrów Lubelski Ostrów Lubelski is a town in Gmina Ostrów Lubelski in Lubartów County, Lublin Voivodeship in Poland. Geography Within the territory of the town and Gmina, commune there are three lakes: Miejskie Lake, Kleszczów Lake and Czarne Lake. The Gmin ...

Parczew Parczew is a town in eastern Poland, with a population of 10,281 (2006). It is the capital of Parczew County in the Lublin Voivodeship. Parczew historically belongs to Lesser Poland (''Małopolska'') region. The town lies 60 kilometers north o ...

and Sosnowica.

References

Polish official population figures 2006
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