Gmina Bełżyce Explained

Gmina Bełżyce
Other Name:Bełżyce Commune
Settlement Type:Gmina
Total Type:Total
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lublin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Lublin County
Area Total Km2:133.85
Population Total:13243
Population As Of:2019
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:6765
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:6737
Coor Pinpoint:Bełżyce
Coordinates:51.1833°N 38°W
Seat:Bełżyce
Website:http://www.belzyce.pl/

Gmina Bełżyce is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Bełżyce, which lies approximately 23km (14miles) west of the regional capital Lublin.

The gmina covers an area of 133.85km2, and as of 2019 its total population is 13,243 (out of which the population of Bełżyce amounts to 6,504, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,739).[1]

Villages

Apart from the town of Bełżyce, Gmina Bełżyce contains the villages and settlements of Babin, Chmielnik, Chmielnik-Kolonia, Cuple, Jaroszewice, Kierz, Krężnica Okrągła, Malinowszczyzna, Matczyn, Płowizny, Podole, Skrzyniec, Skrzyniec-Kolonia, Stare Wierzchowiska, Wierzchowiska Dolne, Wierzchowiska Górne, Wojcieszyn, Wronów, Wymysłówka, Zagórze, Zalesie and Zosin.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Bełżyce is bordered by the gminas of Borzechów, Chodel, Konopnica, Niedrzwica Duża, Poniatowa and Wojciechów.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GUS. Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June. 2020-09-11. stat.gov.pl. en.