Gmina Janowiec 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 Puławy County, 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 Janowiec

Janowiec

Janowiec is a village in Puławy County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Janowiec. It lies approximately south-west of Puławy and west of the regional capital Lublin. The village has a population of 1,000.It received its town charter in 1537, but...

, which lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south-west of Puławy and 49 km (30 mi) 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 79 square kilometres (30.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,594.

Villages

Gmina Janowiec contains the villages and settlements of Brześce

Brzesce, Lublin Voivodeship

Brześce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Janowiec, within Puławy County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Brześce-Kolonia

Brzesce-Kolonia

Brześce-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Janowiec, within Puławy County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Janowice, Janowiec

Janowiec

Janowiec is a village in Puławy County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Janowiec. It lies approximately south-west of Puławy and west of the regional capital Lublin. The village has a population of 1,000.It received its town charter in 1537, but...

, Nasiłów, Oblasy

Oblasy, Lublin Voivodeship

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

, Trzcianki and Wojszyn

Wojszyn, Lublin Voivodeship

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Janowiec is bordered by the town of Puławy and by the gminas of Kazimierz Dolny

Gmina Kazimierz Dolny

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

, Przyłęk, Puławy and Wilków

Gmina Wilków, Lublin Voivodeship

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

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