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Gmina Osieck is an urban-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
Otwock County
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Otwock County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. ...
,
Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship or Mazowieckie Province (, ) and any variation thereof, is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, containing Poland's capital Warsaw.
Masovian Voivodeship has an area of and had a 2019 po ...
, in east-central
Poland
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. Its seat is the town of
Osieck
Osieck is a town in Otwock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Osieck. It lies approximately south-east of Otwock and south-east of Warsaw.
History
Osieck was ...
, which lies approximately south-east of
Otwock
Otwock (Yiddish: אָטוואָצק) is a city in the Masovian Voivodeship in east-central Poland, some south-east of Warsaw, with 43,895 inhabitants (2024). Otwock is part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. It is situated on the right bank of the ...
and south-east of
Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
.
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The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,436.
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
Masovian Landscape Park.
Villages
Apart from the town of
Osieck
Osieck is a town in Otwock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Osieck. It lies approximately south-east of Otwock and south-east of Warsaw.
History
Osieck was ...
, Gmina Osieck contains the villages and settlements of
Augustówka,
Czarnowiec,
Górki,
Grabianka, Kolonia Osieck,
Kolonia Pogorzel,
Lipiny,
Natolin
Natolin is a neighbourhood and a City Information System area located in Warsaw, Poland, within the district of Ursynów. It is a predominantly mid-rise multifamily residential area, with a smaller presence of low-rise single-family housing in ...
,
Nowe Kościeliska,
Pogorzel,
Rudnik,
Sobieńki,
Stare Kościeliska and
Wójtowizna.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Osieck is bordered by the gminas of
Celestynów,
Garwolin
Garwolin is a town on the Wilga (Garwolin), Wilga river in eastern Poland, capital of Garwolin County, situated in the southeast part of the Garwolin plateau in Masovian Voivodeship, southeast of Warsaw, northwest of Lublin. As of December 2021, ...
,
Kołbiel
Kołbiel is a village in Otwock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kołbiel. It lies approximately east of Otwock and south-east of Warsaw
Warsaw, offici ...
,
Pilawa
Pilawa is a town in Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,121 inhabitants (2004), southeast of Warsaw.
History
Pilawa was administratively located in the Siedlce Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998.
In 2016, town limits were slightl ...
and
Sobienie-Jeziory
Sobienie-Jeziory is a village in Otwock County, Poland. It is the capital of a Gmina Sobienie-Jeziory (commune). It lies approximately south of Otwock and south-east of Warsaw.
In the 18th century, Jacek Jezierski established Poland's first sc ...
.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
{{Otwock County
Osieck
Osieck is a town in Otwock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Osieck. It lies approximately south-east of Otwock and south-east of Warsaw.
History
Osieck was ...
Otwock County