Gmina Łochów | |
Other Name: | Łochów Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Masovian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Węgrów |
Area Total Km2: | 194.98 |
Population Total: | 17962 |
Population As Of: | 2013[1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 6786 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 11176 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Łochów |
Coordinates: | 52.5317°N 21.7106°W |
Seat: | Łochów |
Website: | http://www.gminalochow.pl/ |
Gmina Łochów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Węgrów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Łochów, which lies approximately 26km (16miles) north-west of Węgrów and 600NaN0 north-east of Warsaw.
The gmina covers an area of 194.98km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 17,427 (out of which the population of Łochów amounts to 6,452, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,975).
Apart from the town of Łochów, Gmina Łochów contains the villages and settlements of Baczki, Barchów, Brzuza, Budziska, Burakowskie, Dąbrowa, Gwizdały, Jasiorówka, Jerzyska, Kalinowiec, Kaliska, Kamionna, Karczewizna, Laski, Łazy, Łojew, Łopianka, Łosiewice, Majdan, Matały, Nadkole, Ogrodniki, Ostrówek, Pogorzelec, Samotrzask, Szumin, Twarogi, Wólka Paplińska, Zagrodniki and Zambrzyniec.
Gmina Łochów is bordered by the gminas of Brańszczyk, Jadów, Korytnica, Sadowne, Stoczek and Wyszków.