Gmina Aleksandrów is a rural gmina

Gmina

The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...

 (administrative district) in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship

Lublin Voivodeship

- Administrative division :Lublin Voivodeship is divided into 24 counties : 4 city counties and 20 land counties. These are further divided into 213 gminas....

, in eastern Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. Its seat is the village of Aleksandrów, which lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) south-east of Biłgoraj and 91 km (57 mi) south of the regional capital Lublin

Lublin

Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...

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The gmina covers an area of 54.26 square kilometres (20.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,184.

The gmina contains part of the protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 called Puszcza Solska Landscape Park

Puszcza Solska Landscape Park

Puszcza Solska Landscape Park is a protected area in eastern Poland, established in 1988, and covering an area of ....

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Villages

Gmina Aleksandrów contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Margole

Margole

Margole is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Aleksandrów, within Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Aleksandrów, south-east of Biłgoraj, and south of the regional capital Lublin....

, Podlas

Podlas, Lublin Voivodeship

Podlas is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Aleksandrów, within Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Aleksandrów, south-east of Biłgoraj, and south of the regional capital Lublin....

 and Sigła.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Aleksandrów is bordered by the gminas of Biłgoraj, Józefów

Gmina Józefów

Gmina Józefów is an urban-rural gmina in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Józefów, which lies approximately east of Biłgoraj and south of the regional capital Lublin....

, Księżpol

Gmina Ksiezpol

Gmina Księżpol is a rural gmina in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Księżpol, which lies approximately south of Biłgoraj and south of the regional capital Lublin....

, Łukowa and Tereszpol

Gmina Tereszpol

Gmina Tereszpol is a rural gmina in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Tereszpol, which lies approximately east of Biłgoraj and south of the regional capital Lublin....

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Massacres during Second World War

The area was the site of five massacres of Poles by German soldiers during the Second World War, in the village of Aleksandrów: August 1942, February, June and August 1943 and July 1944. On 6 July 1944 the largest massacre occurred. Between 444 and 446 people were murdered and 100 buildings burned down by the Germans, while 2500 people were sent to concentration camps.