Gmina Kodeń 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 Biała Podlaska 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...

, on the border with Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

. Its seat is the village of Kodeń

Koden

Kodeń is a village and the site of a famous Marian shrine in eastern Poland, on the Bug River which forms the border between Poland and Belarus. Administratively, it belongs to Biała Podlaska County in Lublin Voivodeship. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Kodeń. It has about 1,900...

, which lies approximately 37 kilometres (23 mi) east of Biała Podlaska and 103 km (64 mi) north-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 150.33 square kilometres (58 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,998.

Villages

Gmina Kodeń contains the villages and settlements of Dobratycze

Dobratycze

Dobratycze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kodeń, within Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north of Kodeń, east of Biała Podlaska, and north-east of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Dobromyśl, Elżbiecin, Kąty, Kodeń

Koden

Kodeń is a village and the site of a famous Marian shrine in eastern Poland, on the Bug River which forms the border between Poland and Belarus. Administratively, it belongs to Biała Podlaska County in Lublin Voivodeship. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Kodeń. It has about 1,900...

, Kopytów

Kopytów, Lublin Voivodeship

Kopytów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kodeń, within Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north of Kodeń, east of Biała Podlaska, and north-east of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Kopytów-Kolonia

Kopytów-Kolonia

Kopytów-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kodeń, within Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus....

, Kostomłoty

Kostomłoty, Lublin Voivodeship

Kostomłoty is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kodeń, within Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus...

, Kożanówka

Kozanówka, Gmina Koden

Kożanówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kodeń, within Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus....

, Okczyn

Okczyn

Okczyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kodeń, within Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north of Kodeń, east of Biała Podlaska, and north-east of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Olszanki

Olszanki

Olszanki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kodeń, within Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately west of Kodeń, south-east of Biała Podlaska, and north-east of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Szostaki, Zabłocie, Zabłocie-Kolonia, Zagacie

Zagacie, Lublin Voivodeship

Zagacie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kodeń, within Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus....

 and Zalewsze

Zalewsze

Zalewsze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kodeń, within Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south of Kodeń, south-east of Biała Podlaska, and north-east of the regional capital Lublin.The...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kodeń is bordered by the gminas of Piszczac

Gmina Piszczac

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

, Sławatycze, Terespol

Gmina Terespol

Gmina Terespol is a rural gmina in Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus...

 and Tuczna

Gmina Tuczna

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

. It also borders Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

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