Goraj ' is a village 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. It is the seat of the 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) called Gmina Goraj

Gmina Goraj

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

. It lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Biłgoraj and 60 km (37 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 village has a population of 1,048. Goraj was formerly a town. It was granted town rights in the 14th century and lost them in 1869.