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Gmina Wiskitki 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
Żyrardów County
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Żyrardów County () 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 government reforms passed in 19 ...
,
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 village of
Wiskitki, which lies approximately north-west of
Żyrardów
Żyrardów is a town and former industrial hub in central Poland with approximately 41,400 inhabitants (2006). It is the capital of Żyrardów County in the Masovian Voivodeship, west of Warsaw.
Etymology
Żyrardów, initially a textile settleme ...
and west 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 ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,298.
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
Bolimów Landscape Park.
Villages
Gmina Wiskitki contains the villages and settlements of
Aleksandrów,
Antoniew,
Babskie Budy,
Cyganka,
Czerwona Niwa,
Czerwona Niwa-Parcel,
Duninopol,
Działki,
Feliksów,
Franciszków,
Guzów,
Guzów-Osada,
Hipolitów,
Janówek,
Jesionka,
Józefów,
Kamionka,
Kamionka Mała,
Łubno,
Miedniewice,
Miedniewice-Kolonia,
Miedniewice-Łąki,
Miedniewice-Parcela,
Morgi,
Nowa Wieś,
Nowe Kozłowice,
Nowy Drzewicz,
Nowy Oryszew,
Oryszew-Osada,
Podbuszyce,
Podoryszew,
Popielarnia,
Prościeniec,
Różanów,
Siarkowiec,
Smolarnia,
Sokule,
Stara Wieś,
Stare Kozłowice
Stare Kozłowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wiskitki, within Żyrardów County, Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship or Mazowieckie Province (, ) and any variation thereof, is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodesh ...
,
Starowiskitki,
Starowiskitki-Parcel,
Stary Drzewicz,
Stary Hipolitów,
Tomaszew,
Wiskitki and
Wola Miedniewska.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Wiskitki is bordered by the town of
Żyrardów
Żyrardów is a town and former industrial hub in central Poland with approximately 41,400 inhabitants (2006). It is the capital of Żyrardów County in the Masovian Voivodeship, west of Warsaw.
Etymology
Żyrardów, initially a textile settleme ...
and by the gminas of
Baranów,
Bolimów,
Jaktorów
Jaktorów is a village in Grodzisk Mazowiecki County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Jaktorów. It lies approximately west of Grodzisk Mazowiecki and southwest of ...
,
Nowa Sucha,
Puszcza Mariańska,
Radziejowice and
Teresin.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Żyrardów County