Gmina Karczew | |
Other Name: | Karczew Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Masovian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Otwock |
Area Total Km2: | 81.49 |
Population Total: | 15919 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 10396 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 5523 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Karczew |
Coordinates: | 52.0833°N 36°W |
Seat: | Karczew |
Website: | http://www.karczew.pl |
Gmina Karczew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Otwock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Karczew, which lies approximately 4km (02miles) south of Otwock and 230NaN0 south-east of Warsaw.
The gmina covers an area of 81.49km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 15,919 (out of which the population of Karczew amounts to 10,396, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,523).
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Masovian Landscape Park.
Apart from the town of Karczew, Gmina Karczew contains the villages and settlements of Brzezinka, Całowanie, Glinki, Janów, Kępa Nadbrzeska, Kosumce, Łukówiec, Nadbrzeż, Ostrówek, Ostrówiec, Otwock Mały, Otwock Wielki, Piotrowice, Sobiekursk, Władysławów and Wygoda.
Gmina Karczew is bordered by the town of Otwock and by the gminas of Celestynów, Góra Kalwaria, Konstancin-Jeziorna, Sobienie-Jeziory and Wiązowna.