Gmina Tarczyn Explained

Gmina Tarczyn
Other Name:Tarczyn Commune
Settlement Type:Gmina
Total Type:Total
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Masovian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Piaseczno
Area Total Km2:114.15
Population Total:10522
Population As Of:2006
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:3886
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:6636
Coor Pinpoint:Tarczyn
Coordinates:51.9786°N 20.8336°W
Seat:Tarczyn
Website:http://www.tarczyn.pl

Gmina Tarczyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Piaseczno County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tarczyn, which lies approximately 16km (10miles) south-west of Piaseczno and 290NaN0 south-west of Warsaw.

The gmina covers an area of 114.15km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 10,522 (out of which the population of Tarczyn amounts to 3,886, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,636).

The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chojnów Landscape Park.

Villages

Apart from the town of Tarczyn, Gmina Tarczyn contains the villages and settlements of Borowiec, Brominy, Bystrzanów, Cieśle, Drozdy, Duki, Gąski, Gładków, Grzędy, Grzywiczówka, Janówek, Jeżewice, Jeziorzany, Józefowice, Julianów, Kawęczyn, Kolonia Jeziorzany, Kolonia Świętochów, Komorniki, Komorniki Kolonia, Kopana, Korzeniówka, Kotorydz, Księżak, Księżowola, Leśna Polana, Leśniczówka Mirchów, Many, Marianka, Marylka, Nosy, Nowa Wieś, Nowe Racibory, Pamiątka, Parcele Jeżewice, Pawłowice, Pawłowice Kopana, Popielarze, Prace Duże, Prace Duże-Kolonia, Prace Małe, Przypki, Racibory, Rembertów, Ruda, Skrzeczeniec, Stara Kopana, Stara Wieś, Stefanówka, Suchodół, Suchostruga, Świętochów, Tarnówka, Werdun, Wola Przypkowska-Kolonia, Wólka Jeżewska and Wylezin.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Tarczyn is bordered by the gminas of Grójec, Lesznowola, Nadarzyn, Piaseczno, Pniewy, Prażmów and Żabia Wola.

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