__NOTOC__ Gmina Ostrów Lubelski 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

Lubartów County __NOTOC__ Lubartów 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 ...

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

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. Its seat is the town of

Ostrów Lubelski Ostrów Lubelski is a town in Gmina Ostrów Lubelski in Lubartów County, Lublin Voivodeship in Poland. Geography Within the territory of the town and Gmina, commune there are three lakes: Miejskie Lake, Kleszczów Lake and Czarne Lake. The Gmin ...

, which lies approximately east of

Lubartów Lubartów () is a town in eastern Poland, with 23,000 inhabitants (2004), situated in Lublin Voivodeship. It is the capital of Lubartów County and the Lubartów Commune. Historically it belongs to Lesser Poland. Lubartów was established in 154 ...

and north-east 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 5,630 (out of which the population of Ostrów Lubelski amounts to 2,245, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,385).

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Ostrów Lubelski is bordered by the gminas of

Ludwin Ludwin is a village in Łęczna County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Ludwin. It lies approximately north of Łęczna and east of the regional capital Lublin Lubl ...

, Niedźwiada,

Parczew Parczew is a town in eastern Poland, with a population of 10,281 (2006). It is the capital of Parczew County in the Lublin Voivodeship. Parczew historically belongs to Lesser Poland (''Małopolska'') region. The town lies 60 kilometers north o ...

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

Spiczyn Spiczyn is a village in Łęczna County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland and is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Spiczyn. It lies approximately north-west of Łęczna and north-east of the regional capital Lub ...

and Uścimów.

Villages

The gmina contains the following villages having the status of

sołectwo A sołectwo ( Polish plural: ''sołectwa'') is an administrative unit in Poland, an optional subdivision of a gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. ...

: Bójki, Jamy, Kaznów, Kaznów-Kolonia, Kolechowice Drugie, Kolechowice Pierwsze, Kolechowice-Folwark, Kolechowice-Kolonia,

Rozkopaczew Rozkopaczew is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów Lubelski, within Lubartów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Ostrów Lubelski, east of Lubartów, and north-east of the region ...

(sołectwos: Rozkopaczew I and Rozkopaczew II), Rudka Kijańska and Wólka Stara Kijańska.

Demography

Area

It spans an area of 121.7 square kilometers, including: * Agricultural area: 68% * Forest area: 18%

References

Polish official population figures 2006
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gmina Ostrow Lubelski Ostrow Lubelski Lubartów County