Gmina Bałtów is a rural gmina

Gmina

The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...

 (administrative district) in Ostrowiec County

Ostrowiec County

Ostrowiec County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Ostrowiec...

, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship

Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, or Świętokrzyskie Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is presently divided. It is situated in central Poland, in the historical province of Lesser Poland, and takes its name from the Świętokrzyskie mountain range...

, in south-central Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. Its seat is the village of Bałtów, which lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) north-east of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski

Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski is a town in south-central Poland with 74,211 inhabitants .Main industry is metallurgy. Ostrowiec is the capital city of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski County, part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship , previously it belonged to Kielce Voivodeship .- History:The oldest testimonies of...

 and 68 km (42 mi) east of the regional capital Kielce

Kielce

Kielce ) is a city in central Poland with 204,891 inhabitants . It is also the capital city of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodeship...

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The gmina covers an area of 104.92 square kilometres (40.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,999.

Villages

Gmina Bałtów contains the villages and settlements of Antoniów

Antoniów, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship

Antoniów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bałtów, within Ostrowiec County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Bałtów, north-east of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, and east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a population...

, Bałtów, Bidzińszczyzna, Borcuchy

Borcuchy

Borcuchy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bałtów, within Ostrowiec County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Bałtów, north-east of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, and east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a...

, Lemierze

Lemierze

Lemierze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bałtów, within Ostrowiec County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Bałtów, north-east of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, and east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a population...

, Maksymilianów

Maksymilianów, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship

Maksymilianów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bałtów, within Ostrowiec County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Bałtów, north-east of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, and east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a...

, Michałów, Okół, Pętkowice

Petkowice, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship

Pętkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bałtów, within Ostrowiec County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Bałtów, north-east of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, and east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a population...

, Rudka Bałtowska, Skarbka

Skarbka

Skarbka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bałtów, within Ostrowiec County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Bałtów, north-east of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, and east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a population of...

, Ulów

Ulów, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship

Ulów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bałtów, within Ostrowiec County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Bałtów, north-east of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, and east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a population...

, Wólka Bałtowska, Wólka Pętkowska

Wólka Petkowska

Wólka Pętkowska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bałtów, within Ostrowiec County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Bałtów, north-east of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, and east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a...

, Wólka Trzemecka

Wólka Trzemecka

Wólka Trzemecka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bałtów, within Ostrowiec County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Bałtów, north-east of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, and east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a...

 and Wycinka

Wycinka

Wycinka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bałtów, within Ostrowiec County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Bałtów, north-east of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, and east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Bałtów is bordered by the gminas of Bodzechów

Gmina Bodzechów

Gmina Bodzechów is a rural gmina in Ostrowiec County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. The district takes its name from the village of Bodzechów, but its administrative offices are in the town of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, which is not part of the territory of the gmina.The gmina...

, Ćmielów

Gmina Cmielów

Gmina Ćmielów is an urban-rural gmina in Ostrowiec County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ćmielów, which lies approximately south-east of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski and east of the regional capital Kielce.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...

, Sienno

Gmina Sienno

Gmina Sienno is a rural gmina in Lipsko County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Sienno, which lies approximately south-west of Lipsko and south of Warsaw....

 and Tarłów.