Gmina Kazimierz Dolny is an urban-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 town of Kazimierz Dolny

Kazimierz Dolny

Kazimierz Dolny is a small town in Central Poland, on the right bank of the Vistula river in Puławy County, Lublin Province.It is a considerable tourist attraction as one of the most beautifully situated little towns in Poland. It enjoyed its greatest prosperity in the 16th and the first half of...

, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south of Puławy and 45 km (28 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 72.49 square kilometres (28 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,018 (out of which the population of Kazimierz Dolny amounts to 3,572, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,446).

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 Kazimierz Landscape Park

Kazimierz Landscape Park

Kazimierz Landscape Park is a protected area in eastern Poland, established in 1979, covering an area of .The Park lies within Lublin Voivodeship, in Puławy County ....

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Villages

Apart from the town of Kazimierz Dolny, Gmina Kazimierz Dolny contains the villages and settlements of Bochotnica

Bochotnica

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

, Parchatka

Parchatka

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

, Rzeczyca, Rzeczyca-Kolonia, Skowieszynek

Skowieszynek

Skowieszynek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kazimierz Dolny, within Puławy County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Kazimierz Dolny, south of Puławy, and west of the regional capital Lublin....

, Wierzchoniów

Wierzchoniów

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

, Witoszyn

Witoszyn, Lublin Voivodeship

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

 and Zbędowice

Zbedowice

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

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Neighbouring gminas

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

Gmina Janowiec

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

, Karczmiska

Gmina Karczmiska

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

, Końskowola

Gmina Konskowola

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

, Wąwolnica

Gmina Wawolnica

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

 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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