Gmina Grabowiec 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 Zamość County

Zamosc County

Zamość 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 is the city of Zamość, although the city is not part...

, 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 the village of Grabowiec

Grabowiec, Zamosc County

Grabowiec is a village in Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Grabowiec. It lies approximately north-east of Zamość and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

, which lies approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) north-east of Zamość

Zamosc

Zamość ukr. Замостя is a town in southeastern Poland with 66,633 inhabitants , situated in the south-western part of Lublin Voivodeship , about from Lublin, from Warsaw and from the border with Ukraine...

 and 84 km (52 mi) south-east 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 128.88 square kilometres (49.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,593.

The gmina contains part of the protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 called Skierbieszów Landscape Park

Skierbieszów Landscape Park

Skierbieszów Landscape Park is a protected area in eastern Poland, established in 1995....

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Villages

Gmina Grabowiec contains the villages and settlements of Bereść

Beresc

Bereść is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowiec, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Zamość and south-east of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Bronisławka, Cieszyn

Cieszyn, Lublin Voivodeship

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

, Czechówka

Czechówka, Lublin Voivodeship

Czechówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowiec, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Zamość and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

, Dańczypol

Danczypol

Dańczypol is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowiec, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Grabowiec, north-east of Zamość, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

, Grabowczyk

Grabowczyk

Grabowczyk is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowiec, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Grabowiec, north-east of Zamość, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

, Grabowiec

Grabowiec, Zamosc County

Grabowiec is a village in Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Grabowiec. It lies approximately north-east of Zamość and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

, Grabowiec-Góra

Grabowiec-Góra

Grabowiec-Góra is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowiec, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Zamość and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

, Henrykówka

Henrykówka

Henrykówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowiec, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately northeast of Zamość and southeast of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Hołużne, Majdan Tuczępski

Majdan Tuczepski

Majdan Tuczępski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowiec, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Grabowiec, north-east of Zamość, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

, Ornatowice

Ornatowice

Ornatowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowiec, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Zamość and south-east of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Ornatowice-Kolonia

Ornatowice-Kolonia

Ornatowice-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowiec, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Rogów

Rogów, Zamosc County

Rogów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowiec, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Grabowiec, north-east of Zamość, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

, Siedlisko

Siedlisko, Lublin Voivodeship

Siedlisko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowiec, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Skibice

Skibice, Lublin Voivodeship

Skibice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowiec, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Grabowiec, north-east of Zamość, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

, Skomorochy Duże

Skomorochy Duze

Skomorochy Duże is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowiec, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Zamość and south-east of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Skomorochy Małe, Szczelatyn

Szczelatyn

Szczelatyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowiec, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Zamość and south-east of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Szystowice

Szystowice

Szystowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowiec, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Zamość and south-east of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Tuczępy

Tuczepy, Lublin Voivodeship

Tuczępy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowiec, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Zamość and south-east of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Wolica Uchańska

Wolica Uchanska

Wolica Uchańska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowiec, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Zamość and south-east of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Wólka Tuczępska

Wólka Tuczepska

Wólka Tuczępska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowiec, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Zamość and south-east of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

 and Żurawlów

Zurawlów

Żurawlów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowiec, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Zamość and south-east of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Grabowiec is bordered by the gminas of Kraśniczyn

Gmina Krasniczyn

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

, Miączyn

Gmina Miaczyn

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

, Sitno

Gmina Sitno

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

, Skierbieszów

Gmina Skierbieszów

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

, Trzeszczany

Gmina Trzeszczany

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

, Uchanie

Gmina Uchanie

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

 and Wojsławice.