Gmina Józefów | |
Other Name: | Józefów Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lublin |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Biłgoraj |
Area Total Km2: | 126.46 |
Population Total: | 7266 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 2450 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 4816 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Józefów |
Coordinates: | 50.4833°N 26°W |
Seat: | Józefów |
Website: | http://www.ejozefow.pl |
Gmina Józefów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Józefów, which lies approximately 24km (15miles) east of Biłgoraj and 920NaN0 south of the regional capital Lublin.
The gmina covers an area of 126.46km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 7,266 (out of which the population of Józefów amounts to 2,450, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,816).
The gmina contains parts of the protected areas called Krasnobród Landscape Park and Puszcza Solska Landscape Park.
Apart from the town of Józefów, Gmina Józefów contains the villages and settlements of Borowina, Brzeziny, Czarny Las-Kolonia, Długi Kąt, Florianka, Górecko Kościelne, Górecko Stare, Hamernia, Majdan Kasztelański, Majdan Nepryski, Samsonówka, Siedliska, Stanisławów, Szopowe and Tarnowola.
Gmina Józefów is bordered by the gminas of Aleksandrów, Krasnobród, Łukowa, Susiec, Tereszpol and Zwierzyniec.