Gmina Gidle | |
Other Name: | Gidle Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Łódź |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Radomsko |
Area Total Km2: | 116.32 |
Population Total: | 6610 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coor Pinpoint: | Gidle |
Coordinates: | 50.95°N 47°W |
Seat: | Gidle |
Website: | http://gidle.pl/ |
Gmina Gidle is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gidle, which lies approximately 13km (08miles) south of Radomsko and 930NaN0 south of the regional capital Łódź. It covers an area of 116.32km2 and in 2006 had 6,610 residents.[1]
During the German invasion of Poland in 1939, Wehrmacht soldiers murdered and burned 72 civilians of all ages and genders from the villages in the region.[2]
The following villages have the status of sołectwo: Borowa, Ciężkowice, Chrostowa, Gidle, Gowarzów, Górka, Graby, Kajetanowice, Kotfin, Ludwików, Michałopol, Piaski, Pławno, Ruda, Stanisławice, Stęszów, Włynice, Wojnowice, Wygoda, Zabrodzie and Zagórze.
There are also eleven villages without sołectwo status: Młynek, Huby Kotfińskie, Niesulów, Skrzypiec, Borki, Spalastry, Górki-Kolonia, Lasek-Kolonia, Zielonka, Strzała, Ojrzeń.
Gmina Gidle is bordered by the gminas of Dąbrowa Zielona, Kłomnice, Kobiele Wielkie, Kruszyna, Radomsko and Żytno.