Gmina Kowiesy 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 Skierniewice County

Skierniewice County

Skierniewice County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Łódź Voivodeship, central 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 Skierniewice, although the city is...

, Łódź Voivodeship, in central 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 Kowiesy, which lies approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) east of Skierniewice

Skierniewice

Skierniewice is a town in central Poland with 49,132 inhabitants , situated in the Łódź Voivodship , previously capital of Skierniewice Voivodship . It is the capital of Skierniewice County. The town is situated almost exactly half-way between Łódź and Warsaw.Skierniewice gained municipal rights...

 and 67 km (42 mi) east of the regional capital Łódź.

The gmina covers an area of 85.63 square kilometres (33.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,035.

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 Bolimów Landscape Park

Bolimów Landscape Park

Bolimów Landscape Park is a protected area in central Poland, established in 1986, covering an area of ....

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Villages

Gmina Kowiesy contains the villages and settlements of Borszyce

Borszyce

Borszyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowiesy, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north of Kowiesy, east of Skierniewice, and east of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Budy Chojnackie

Budy Chojnackie

Budy Chojnackie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowiesy, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately east of Kowiesy, east of Skierniewice, and east of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Chełmce, Chojnata

Chojnata

Chojnata is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowiesy, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kowiesy, east of Skierniewice, and east of the regional capital Łódź....

, Chojnatka

Chojnatka

Chojnatka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowiesy, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately west of Kowiesy, east of Skierniewice, and east of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Chrzczonowice

Chrzczonowice

Chrzczonowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowiesy, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Kowiesy, south-east of Skierniewice, and east of the regional capital Łódź....

, Franciszków

Franciszków, Skierniewice County

Franciszków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowiesy, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kowiesy, east of Skierniewice, and east of the regional capital Łódź....

, Jakubów

Jakubów, Skierniewice County

Jakubów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowiesy, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately east of Kowiesy, east of Skierniewice, and east of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Janów

Janów, Skierniewice County

Janów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowiesy, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kowiesy, south-east of Skierniewice, and east of the regional capital Łódź....

, Jeruzal

Jeruzal

Jeruzal is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowiesy, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies on the Chojnatka River, approximately north-west of Kowiesy, east of Skierniewice, and east of the regional capital Łódź...

, Kowiesy, Lisna

Lisna

Lisna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowiesy, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately west of Kowiesy, south-east of Skierniewice, and east of the regional capital Łódź....

, Michałowice, Nowy Lindów

Nowy Lindów

Nowy Lindów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowiesy, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately east of Kowiesy, east of Skierniewice, and east of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Nowy Wylezin

Nowy Wylezin

Nowy Wylezin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowiesy, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately south of Kowiesy, south-east of Skierniewice, and east of the regional capital Łódź....

, Paplin, Paplinek

Paplinek

Paplinek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowiesy, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately west of Kowiesy, south-east of Skierniewice, and east of the regional capital Łódź....

, Pękoszew

Pekoszew

Pękoszew is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowiesy, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Kowiesy, east of Skierniewice, and east of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Stary Wylezin

Stary Wylezin

Stary Wylezin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowiesy, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately south of Kowiesy, south-east of Skierniewice, and east of the regional capital Łódź....

, Turowa Wola

Turowa Wola

Turowa Wola is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowiesy, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately east of Kowiesy, east of Skierniewice, and east of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Ulaski, Wędrogów

Wedrogów

Wędrogów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowiesy, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately west of Kowiesy, east of Skierniewice, and east of the regional capital Łódź....

, Wola Pękoszewska

Wola Pekoszewska

Wola Pękoszewska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowiesy, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north of Kowiesy, east of Skierniewice, and east of the regional capital Łódź....

, Wólka Jeruzalska

Wólka Jeruzalska

Wólka Jeruzalska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowiesy, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Kowiesy, east of Skierniewice, and east of the regional capital Łódź....

, Wycinka Wolska

Wycinka Wolska

Wycinka Wolska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowiesy, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north of Kowiesy, east of Skierniewice, and east of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Wymysłów and Zawady

Zawady, Skierniewice County

Zawady is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowiesy, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kowiesy, east of Skierniewice, and east of the regional capital Łódź....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kowiesy is bordered by the gminas of Biała Rawska, Mszczonów

Gmina Mszczonów

Gmina Mszczonów is an urban-rural gmina in Żyrardów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mszczonów, which lies approximately south-east of Żyrardów and south-west of Warsaw....

, Nowy Kawęczyn

Gmina Nowy Kaweczyn

Gmina Nowy Kawęczyn is a rural gmina in Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the village of Nowy Kawęczyn, which lies approximately south-east of Skierniewice and east of the regional capital Łódź....

 and Puszcza Mariańska

Gmina Puszcza Marianska

Gmina Puszcza Mariańska is a rural gmina in Żyrardów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Puszcza Mariańska, which lies approximately south-west of Żyrardów and south-west of Warsaw....

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