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Gmina Chęciny is an urban-rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Kielce County
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Kielce County ( pl, powiat kielecki) 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 gove ...
,
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
The Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, also known as the Świętokrzyskie Province, and the Holy Cross Voivodeship ( pl, województwo świętokrzyskie ) is a voivodeship (province) of Poland situated in southeastern part of the country, in the histo ...
, in south-central
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
. Its seat is the town of
Chęciny, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital
Kielce.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,715 (out of which the population of Chęciny amounts to 4,252, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,463).
The gmina contains part of the
protected area called
Chęciny-Kielce Landscape Park
Chęciny-Kielce Landscape Park (''Chęcińsko-Kielecki Park Krajobrazowy'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in south-central Poland, established in 1996, covering an area of .
The Park lies within Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship: in Jędrzej ...
.
Villages
Apart from the town of Chęciny, Gmina Chęciny contains the villages and settlements of
Bolmin,
Gościniec,
Jedlnica,
Korzecko,
Lelusin,
Lipowica,
Łukowa,
Miedzianka,
Mosty,
Ostrów,
Podpolichno,
Podzamcze Chęcińskie,
Polichno,
Przymiarki,
Radkowice,
Siedlce
Siedlce [] ( yi, שעדליץ ) is a city in eastern Poland with 77,354 inhabitants (). Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously the city was the capital of a separate Siedlce Voivodeship (1975–1998). The city is situated b ...
,
Skiby,
Starochęciny,
Tokarnia,
Wojkowiec and
Wolica.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Chęciny is bordered by the gminas of
Małogoszcz
Małogoszcz is a town in the Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland. The Battle of Małogoszcz. one of the biggest battles of the 1863 January Uprising, took place there. Małogoszcz belongs to Lesser Poland; the name of the ...
,
Morawica,
Piekoszów,
Sitkówka-Nowiny and
Sobków
Sobków is a village in Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Sobków. It lies in historic Lesser Poland, approximately north-east of Jędrz ...
.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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