Gmina Wąchock Explained

Gmina Wąchock
Other Name:Wąchock Commune
Settlement Type:Gmina
Total Type:Total
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Świętokrzyskie
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Starachowice
Area Total Km2:81.84
Population Total:6972
Population As Of:2006
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:2760
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:4212
Coor Pinpoint:Wąchock
Coordinates:51.0742°N 21.0136°W
Seat:Wąchock
Website:http://www.wachock.pl

Gmina Wąchock is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Starachowice County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wąchock, which lies approximately 5km (03miles) north-west of Starachowice and 350NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Kielce.

The gmina covers an area of 81.84km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 6,972 (out of which the population of Wąchock amounts to 2,760, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,212).

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

Villages

Apart from the town of Wąchock, Gmina Wąchock contains the villages and settlements of Marcinków, Parszów, Rataje, Węglów and Wielka Wieś.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wąchock is bordered by the towns of Skarżysko-Kamienna and Starachowice, and by the gminas of Bodzentyn, Brody, Mirzec, Pawłów, Skarżysko Kościelne and Suchedniów.

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