Gmina Brzostek | |
Other Name: | Brzostek Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Coordinates: | 49.8822°N 21.4072°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coor Pinpoint: | Brzostek |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Subcarpathian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Dębica |
Area Total Km2: | 122.62 |
Population Total: | 13022 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Seat: | Brzostek |
Website: | http://www.brzostek.alpha.pl |
Gmina Brzostek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Brzostek. (Brzostek gained town status on 1 January 2009 – prior to that the district was classed as a rural gmina.)
The gmina covers an area of 122.62km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 13,022, out of which the population of Brzostek is 2,597.
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Czarnorzeki-Strzyżów Landscape Park.
Apart from the town of Brzostek, the gmina contains the villages and settlements of Bączałka, Bukowa, Głobikówka, Gorzejowa, Grudna Dolna, Grudna Górna, Januszkowice, Kamienica Dolna, Kamienica Górna, Klecie, Nawsie Brzosteckie, Opacionka, Przeczyca, Siedliska-Bogusz, Skurowa, Smarżowa, Wola Brzostecka and Zawadka Brzostecka.
Gmina Brzostek is bordered by the gminas of Brzyska, Dębica, Frysztak, Jodłowa, Kołaczyce, Pilzno, Ropczyce and Wielopole Skrzyńskie.