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Gmina Żelechów is an urban-rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Garwolin County
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Garwolin County ( pl, powiat garwoliński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local governme ...
,
Masovian Voivodeship
The Masovian Voivodeship, also known as the Mazovia Province ( pl, województwo mazowieckie ) is a voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, with its capital located in the city of Warsaw, which also serves as the capital of the country. Th ...
, in east-central
Poland
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. Its seat is the town of
Żelechów
Żelechów (Yiddish זשעלעכאָוו) is a town in east Poland in Masovian Voivodeship in Garwolin County. It is the seat of Gmina Żelechów. Żelechów is from Warsaw and far from Lublin. More than 4000 people live in the town. It is a ...
, which lies approximately south-east of
Garwolin
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and south-east of
Warsaw
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.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,390 (out of which the population of Żelechów amounts to 4,016, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,374).
Villages
Apart from the town of Żelechów, Gmina Żelechów contains the villages and settlements of
Antonówka,
Bród,
Budki,
Budki Kotłowskie,
Gąsiory,
Goniwilk-Las,
Gózdek,
Huta Żelechowska,
Janówek,
Jezioro,
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 ...
,
Kalinów,
Kałuskie,
Kontrowers,
Kotłówka,
Łomnica,
Łużki,
Michalin (Gąsiory),
Michalin (Janówek),
Nad Rzeką,
Nowy Goniwilk,
Nowy Kębłów,
Ostrożeń Trzeci,
Piastów
Piastów is a town in central Poland, near Warsaw, with 23,331 inhabitants (2006 est). It is situated in the Masovian Voivodship (since 1999); previously, it was in Warszawa Voivodship (1975–1998). With 3963 persons/km², it is the second mo ...
,
Pod Lasem,
Podlasie,
Podwierzbie,
Sokolniki,
Stary Goniwilk,
Stary Kębłów,
Stefanów,
Władysławów,
Wola Żelechowska and
Zakrzówek.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Żelechów is bordered by the gminas of
Górzno
Górzno (german: Gorzno, 1939-45: Görzberg) is a town in Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
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,
Kłoczew
Kłoczew is a village in Ryki County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kłoczew. It lies approximately north of Ryki
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,
Miastków Kościelny,
Sobolew,
Trojanów and
Wola Mysłowska.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Zelechow
Garwolin County