Gmina Łukowa 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

Biłgoraj County Biłgoraj 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 adminis ...

Lublin Voivodeship Lublin Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in the southeastern part of the country, with its capital being the city of Lublin. The region is named after its largest city and regional capital, Lu ...

, in eastern

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. Its seat is the village of Łukowa, which lies approximately south-east of

Biłgoraj Biłgoraj (, ''Bilgoray'', ) is a town in south-eastern Poland with 25,838 inhabitants as of December 2021. Since 1999 it has been situated in Lublin Voivodeship; it was previously located in Zamość Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is located sou ...

and south 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 4,531. 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 Puszcza Solska Landscape Park.

Villages

Gmina Łukowa contains the villages and settlements of Borowiec,

Chmielek Chmielek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łukowa, within Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Łukowa, south-east of Biłgoraj, and south of the regional capital Lubl ...

, Kozaki Osuchowskie, Łukowa,

Osuchy Osuchy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łukowa, within Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Łukowa, south-east of Biłgoraj, and south of the regional capital Lublin ...

, Pisklaki, Podsośnina Łukowska, Szarajówka and Szostaki.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Łukowa is bordered by the gminas of Aleksandrów,

Józefów Józefów () is a town in east-central Poland, located in Masovian Voivodeship, in Otwock County. It lies about southeast of Warsaw city centre and is a part of that city's metropolitan area. Located on a picturesque confluence of Vistula and Ś ...

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

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

Susiec Susiec is a village and holiday resort in Tomaszów Lubelski County, Lublin Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Susiec. It lies approximately west of Tomaszów Lubelski and sout ...

and

Tarnogród Tarnogród (; ; , or , ''Tarnohorod'') is a town in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. It has a population of 3,399 (2006). Tarnogród is the southernmost town of the voivodeship; the distance to Lublin is 110 kilometres, while the dis ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006
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