Gmina Ostrów Lubelski 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 Lubartów County

Lubartów County

Lubartów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Lubartów, which lies north of...

, 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 town of Ostrów Lubelski

Ostrów Lubelski

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

, which lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of Lubartów

Lubartów

Lubartów is a town in eastern Poland, with 23,000 inhabitants , situated in Lublin Voivodeship. It is the capital of Lubartów County and the Lubartów Commune.-History:...

 and 34 km (21 mi) north-east 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 121.7 square kilometres (47 sq mi), 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

Gmina Ludwin

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

, Niedźwiada, Parczew

Gmina Parczew

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

, Serniki, Spiczyn

Gmina Spiczyn

Gmina Spiczyn is a rural gmina in Łęczna County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Spiczyn, which lies approximately north-west of Łęczna and north-east of the regional capital Lublin....

 and Uścimów.

Villages

The gmina contains the following villages having the status of sołectwo: Bójki

Bójki

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

, Jamy

Jamy, Lublin Voivodeship

Jamy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów Lubelski, within Lubartów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Kaznów, Kaznów-Kolonia

Kaznów-Kolonia

Kaznów-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów Lubelski, within Lubartów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Kolechowice Drugie

Kolechowice Drugie

Kolechowice Drugie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów Lubelski, within Lubartów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Kolechowice Pierwsze

Kolechowice Pierwsze

Kolechowice Pierwsze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów Lubelski, within Lubartów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Kolechowice-Folwark

Kolechowice-Folwark

Kolechowice-Folwark is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów Lubelski, within Lubartów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Kolechowice-Kolonia

Kolechowice-Kolonia

Kolechowice-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów Lubelski, within Lubartów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Rozkopaczew

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 regional capital Lublin....

 (sołectwos: Rozkopaczew I and Rozkopaczew II), Rudka Kijańska

Rudka Kijanska

Rudka Kijańska 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 regional capital Lublin.-References:...

 and Wólka Stara Kijańska

Wólka Stara Kijanska

Wólka Stara Kijańska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów Lubelski, within Lubartów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

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