Gmina Dzierzkowice 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 Kraśnik County

Krasnik County

Kraśnik County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern 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 Kraśnik, which lies south-west...

, Lublin Voivodeship

Lublin Voivodeship

- Administrative division :Lublin Voivodeship is divided into 24 counties : 4 city counties and 20 land counties. These are further divided into 213 gminas....

, in eastern 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 Dzierzkowice, a location which is divided into several sołectwos. The offices of the gmina are in fact in Terpentyna

Terpentyna, Lublin Voivodeship

Terpentyna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dzierzkowice, within Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Kraśnik and south-west of the regional capital Lublin...

, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Kraśnik

Krasnik

Kraśnik is a town in eastern Poland with 37,989 inhabitants , situated in the Lublin Voivodeship. It is the seat of Kraśnik County.-History:First settled in the 13th century, it received its city charter in 1377....

 and 47 km (29 mi) south-west of the regional capital Lublin

Lublin

Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...

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The gmina covers an area of 86.81 square kilometres (33.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,401.

Villages

Gmina Dzierzkowice contains the villages and settlements of Dębina

Debina, Krasnik County

Dębina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dzierzkowice, within Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Dzierzkowice-Góry

Dzierzkowice-Góry

Dzierzkowice-Góry is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dzierzkowice, within Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Dzierzkowice-Podwody

Dzierzkowice-Podwody

Dzierzkowice-Podwody is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dzierzkowice, within Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Dzierzkowice-Rynek

Dzierzkowice-Rynek

Dzierzkowice-Rynek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dzierzkowice, within Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Dzierzkowice-Wola

Dzierzkowice-Wola

Dzierzkowice-Wola is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dzierzkowice, within Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Dzierzkowice-Zastawie

Dzierzkowice-Zastawie

Dzierzkowice-Zastawie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dzierzkowice, within Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Krzywie

Krzywie, Lublin Voivodeship

Krzywie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dzierzkowice, within Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Terpentyna , north-west of Kraśnik, and south-west of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Ludmiłówka, Sosnowa Wola

Sosnowa Wola

Sosnowa Wola is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dzierzkowice, within Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Kraśnik and south-west of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Terpentyna

Terpentyna, Lublin Voivodeship

Terpentyna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dzierzkowice, within Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Kraśnik and south-west of the regional capital Lublin...

, Wyżnianka

Wyznianka

Wyżnianka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dzierzkowice, within Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Kraśnik and south-west of the regional capital Lublin....

, Wyżnianka-Kolonia

Wyznianka-Kolonia

Wyżnianka-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dzierzkowice, within Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Wyżnica

Wyznica, Lublin Voivodeship

Wyżnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dzierzkowice, within Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Kraśnik and south-west of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

 and Wyżnica-Kolonia

Wyznica-Kolonia

Wyżnica-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dzierzkowice, within Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Dzierzkowice is bordered by the town of Kraśnik

Krasnik

Kraśnik is a town in eastern Poland with 37,989 inhabitants , situated in the Lublin Voivodeship. It is the seat of Kraśnik County.-History:First settled in the 13th century, it received its city charter in 1377....

 and by the gminas of Annopol

Gmina Annopol

Gmina Annopol is an urban-rural gmina in Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Annopol, which lies approximately west of Kraśnik and south-west of the regional capital Lublin....

, Gościeradów

Gmina Goscieradów

Gmina Gościeradów is a rural gmina in Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Gościeradów, which lies approximately west of Kraśnik and south-west of the regional capital Lublin....

, Józefów nad Wisłą, Kraśnik, Trzydnik Duży

Gmina Trzydnik Duzy

Gmina Trzydnik Duży is a rural gmina in Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Trzydnik Duży, which lies approximately south-west of Kraśnik and south-west of the regional capital Lublin....

 and Urzędów

Gmina Urzedów

Gmina Urzędów is a rural gmina in Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Urzędów, which lies approximately north-west of Kraśnik and south-west of the regional capital Lublin....

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