Gmina Brzostek Explained

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.

Villages

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.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Brzostek is bordered by the gminas of Brzyska, Dębica, Frysztak, Jodłowa, Kołaczyce, Pilzno, Ropczyce and Wielopole Skrzyńskie.

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