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