Gmina Józefów Explained

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.

Villages

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.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Józefów is bordered by the gminas of Aleksandrów, Krasnobród, Łukowa, Susiec, Tereszpol and Zwierzyniec.

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