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Gmina Sobków 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
Jędrzejów County
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Jędrzejów County () 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 government reforms p ...
,
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship ( ), also known as Holy Cross Voivodeship, is a voivodeship (province) in southeastern Poland, in the historical region of Lesser Poland. The province's capital and largest city is Kielce. The voivodeship takes its ...
, in south-central
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 village of
Sobków, which lies approximately north-east of
Jędrzejów and south-west of the regional capital
Kielce
Kielce (; ) is a city in south-central Poland and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the banks of the Silnic ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,266.
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
Chęciny-Kielce Landscape Park.
Villages
Gmina Sobków contains the villages and settlements of
Bizoręda,
Brzegi,
Brzeźno,
Choiny,
Chomentów,
Jawór,
Karsy,
Korytnica,
Lipa,
MiÄ…sowa,
Mokrsko Dolne,
Mokrsko Górne,
Mzurowa,
Niziny,
Nowe Kotlice,
Osowa,
Sobków,
Sokołów Dolny,
Sokołów Górny
Sokołów Górny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sobków, within Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Sobków, north-east of Jędrzejów, and south-wes ...
,
Staniowice,
Stare Kotlice,
Szczepanów,
Wierzbica,
Wólka Kawęcka and
Żerniki.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Sobków is bordered by the gminas of
Chęciny,
Imielno,
Jędrzejów,
Kije,
Małogoszcz
Małogoszcz is a town in the Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in southern Poland. The Battle of Małogoszcz. one of the biggest battles of the 1863 January Uprising, took place there. Małogoszcz belongs to Lesser Poland; the nam ...
and
Morawica.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Sobkow
Jędrzejów County