Gmina Dorohusk | |
Other Name: | Dorohusk Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lublin |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Chełm County |
Area Total Km2: | 192.42 |
Population Total: | 6936 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coor Pinpoint: | Dorohusk |
Coordinates: | 51.1667°N 72°W |
Seat: | Dorohusk |
Website: | http://www.dorohusk.com.pl/ |
Gmina Dorohusk is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine. Its seat is the village of Dorohusk, which lies approximately 24km (15miles) east of Chełm and 880NaN0 east of the regional capital Lublin.
The gmina covers an area of 192.42km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 6,936.
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chełm Landscape Park.
Gmina Dorohusk contains the villages and settlements of Barbarówka, Berdyszcze, Brzeźno, Dobryłówka, Dorohusk, Dorohusk-Osada, Husynne, Kępa, Kolemczyce, Kroczyn, Ladeniska, Ludwinów, Majdan Skordiowski, Michałówka, Mościska, Myszkowiec, Okopy, Okopy-Kolonia, Olenówka, Ostrów, Pogranicze, Puszki, Rozkosz, Skordiów, Stefanów, Świerże, Teosin, Turka, Wólka Okopska, Zalasocze, Zamieście and Zanowinie.
Gmina Dorohusk is bordered by the gminas of Chełm, Dubienka, Kamień, Ruda-Huta and Żmudź. It also borders Ukraine.