Gmina Izbica 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 Krasnystaw County

Krasnystaw County

Krasnystaw 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 only town is Krasnystaw, which lies ...

, 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 Izbica

Izbica

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

, which lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of Krasnystaw

Krasnystaw

Krasnystaw is a town in eastern Poland with 19,615 inhabitants . Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship , previously in Chelm Voivodeship . It is the capital of Krasnystaw County....

 and 58 km (36 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 138.66 square kilometres (53.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,942.

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 Izbica contains the villages and settlements of Bobliwo

Bobliwo

Bobliwo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Izbica, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Izbica, south-west of Krasnystaw, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

, Dworzyska

Dworzyska, Lublin Voivodeship

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

, Izbica

Izbica

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

, Kryniczki

Kryniczki

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

, Majdan Krynicki

Majdan Krynicki, Krasnystaw County

Majdan Krynicki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Izbica, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Izbica, south-east of Krasnystaw, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

, Mchy

Mchy, Lublin Voivodeship

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

, Orłów Drewniany, Orłów Drewniany-Kolonia, Orłów Murowany, Orłów Murowany-Kolonia, Ostrówek

Ostrówek, Krasnystaw County

Ostrówek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Izbica, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Ostrzyca

Ostrzyca, Lublin Voivodeship

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

, Romanów

Romanów, Krasnystaw County

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

, Stryjów

Stryjów

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

, Tarnogóra

Tarnogóra, Lublin Voivodeship

Tarnogóra is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Izbica, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Izbica, south of Krasnystaw, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

, Tarnogóra-Kolonia

Tarnogóra-Kolonia

Tarnogóra-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Izbica, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Tarzymiechy Drugie

Tarzymiechy Drugie

Tarzymiechy Drugie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Izbica, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Izbica, south of Krasnystaw, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

, Tarzymiechy Pierwsze

Tarzymiechy Pierwsze

Tarzymiechy Pierwsze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Izbica, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Tarzymiechy Trzecie

Tarzymiechy Trzecie

Tarzymiechy Trzecie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Izbica, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Izbica, south of Krasnystaw, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

, Topola

Topola, Lublin Voivodeship

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

, Wał, Wirkowice Drugie

Wirkowice Drugie

Wirkowice Drugie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Izbica, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Wirkowice Pierwsze

Wirkowice Pierwsze

Wirkowice Pierwsze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Izbica, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Wólka Orłowska and Zalesie

Zalesie, Gmina Izbica

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Izbica is bordered by the gminas of Gorzków

Gmina Gorzków

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

, 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....

, Krasnystaw

Gmina Krasnystaw

Gmina Krasnystaw is a rural gmina in Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Krasnystaw, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Nielisz

Gmina Nielisz

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

, Rudnik

Gmina Rudnik, Lublin Voivodeship

Gmina Rudnik is a rural gmina in Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Rudnik, which lies approximately south-west of Krasnystaw 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....

 and Stary Zamość

Gmina Stary Zamosc

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

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