Gmina Daleszyce is an urban-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 Kielce County

Kielce County

Kielce County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Kielce, although the...

, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship

Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, or Świętokrzyskie Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is presently divided. It is situated in central Poland, in the historical province of Lesser Poland, and takes its name from the Świętokrzyskie mountain range...

, in south-central 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 town of Daleszyce

Daleszyce

Daleszyce is a town in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,800 inhabitants . It became a town at the start of 2007.-External links:*...

, which lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kielce

Kielce

Kielce ) is a city in central Poland with 204,891 inhabitants . It is also the capital city of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodeship...

.

The gmina covers an area of 222.18 square kilometres (85.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 14,713 (out of which the population of Daleszyce amounts to 2,800, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,913).

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 Cisów-Orłowiny Landscape Park.

Villages

Apart from the town of Daleszyce, Gmina Daleszyce contains the villages and settlements of Borków

Borków, Kielce County

Borków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Daleszyce, within Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Daleszyce and south-east of the regional capital Kielce....

, Brzechów

Brzechów

Brzechów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Daleszyce, within Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Daleszyce and south-east of the regional capital Kielce....

, Cisów

Cisów, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship

Cisów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Daleszyce, within Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Daleszyce and south-east of the regional capital Kielce....

, Danków

Danków, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship

Danków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Daleszyce, within Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Daleszyce and south-east of the regional capital Kielce....

, Komórki

Komórki

Komórki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Daleszyce, within Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Daleszyce and south-east of the regional capital Kielce....

, Kranów

Kranów

Kranów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Daleszyce, within Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Daleszyce and south-east of the regional capital Kielce....

, Marzysz

Marzysz

Marzysz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Daleszyce, within Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Daleszyce and south of the regional capital Kielce.-References:...

, Mójcza

Mójcza

Mójcza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Daleszyce, within Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Daleszyce and south-east of the regional capital Kielce....

, Niestachów

Niestachów

Niestachów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Daleszyce, within Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Daleszyce and south-east of the regional capital Kielce....

, Niwy

Niwy, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship

Niwy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Daleszyce, within Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Daleszyce and south-east of the regional capital Kielce....

, Sieraków

Sieraków, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship

Sieraków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Daleszyce, within Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Daleszyce and south-east of the regional capital Kielce....

, Słopiec, Smyków

Smyków, Gmina Daleszyce

Smyków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Daleszyce, within Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Daleszyce and south-east of the regional capital Kielce....

, Suków

Suków, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship

Suków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Daleszyce, within Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is approximately west of Daleszyce and southeast of the regional capital Kielce....

, Szczecno

Szczecno

Szczecno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Daleszyce, within Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Daleszyce and south-east of the regional capital Kielce....

, Trzemosna

Trzemosna

Trzemosna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Daleszyce, within Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Daleszyce and south-east of the regional capital Kielce....

 and Widełki.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Daleszyce is bordered by the city of Kielce

Kielce

Kielce ) is a city in central Poland with 204,891 inhabitants . It is also the capital city of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodeship...

 and by the gminas of Bieliny

Gmina Bieliny

Gmina Bieliny is a rural gmina in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bieliny, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Kielce....

, Górno

Gmina Górno

Gmina Górno is a rural gmina in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Górno, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Kielce....

, Łagów, Morawica

Gmina Morawica

Gmina Morawica is a rural gmina in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Morawica, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Kielce....

, Pierzchnica

Gmina Pierzchnica

Gmina Pierzchnica is a rural gmina in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Pierzchnica, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Kielce....

 and Raków

Gmina Raków

Gmina Raków is a rural gmina in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Raków, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Kielce....

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