Gmina Wierzbica 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
Chełm County
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,
Lublin Voivodeship
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The region is named after its largest city and regional capital, Lu ...
, in eastern
Poland
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. Its seat is the village of
Wierzbica, which lies approximately north-west of
Chełm
Chełm (; ; ) is a city in eastern Poland in the Lublin Voivodeship with 60,231 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is located to the south-east of Lublin, north of Zamość and south of Biała Podlaska, some from the border with Ukraine.
The ...
and east of the regional capital
Lublin
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.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,372.
Villages
Gmina Wierzbica contains the villages and settlements of
Bakus-Wanda,
Busówno,
Busówno-Kolonia,
Buza,
Chylin,
Chylin Mały,
Chylin Wielki,
Helenów,
Kamienna Góra
Kamienna Góra (, ) is a town in south-western Poland with 18,235 inhabitants (2023). It is the seat of Kamienna Góra County, and also of the rural district called Gmina Kamienna Góra, although it is not part of the territory of the latter (t ...
,
Kamienna Góra-Gajówka,
Karczunek,
Kozia Góra,
Ochoża,
Ochoża-Pniaki,
Olchowiec,
Olchowiec-Kolonia,
Pniówno,
Staszyce,
Święcica,
Syczyn,
Tarnów
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,
Terenin,
Werejce,
Wierzbica,
Wierzbica-Osiedle,
Władysławów,
Wólka Tarnowska,
Wólka Tarnowska-Osada and
Wygoda.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Wierzbica is bordered by the town of
Rejowiec Fabryczny
Rejowiec Fabryczny () is a town in Poland, in Lublin Voivodeship, in Chełm County. It has 4,419 inhabitants (2016). Rejowiec Fabryczny is a rail junction, located on the main Warsaw-Lublin-Chełm connection. Also, another line originates in Rejo ...
and by the gminas of
Chełm
Chełm (; ; ) is a city in eastern Poland in the Lublin Voivodeship with 60,231 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is located to the south-east of Lublin, north of Zamość and south of Biała Podlaska, some from the border with Ukraine.
The ...
,
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
...
,
Hańsk
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...
,
Sawin,
Siedliszcze and
Urszulin.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Gminas in Lublin Voivodeship
Chełm County