Gmina Krasnobród 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 Zamość County

Zamosc County

Zamość 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 is the city of Zamość, although the city is not part...

, 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 Krasnobród

Krasnobród

Krasnobród is a small town in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. It is located at around , near the Roztocze National Park and Krasnobród Landscape Park. Wieprz River flows through the town...

, which lies approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) south of Zamość

Zamosc

Zamość ukr. Замостя is a town in southeastern Poland with 66,633 inhabitants , situated in the south-western part of Lublin Voivodeship , about from Lublin, from Warsaw and from the border with Ukraine...

 and 91 km (57 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 124.85 square kilometres (48.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,273 (out of which the population of Krasnobród amounts to 3,047, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,226).

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 Krasnobród Landscape Park

Krasnobród Landscape Park

Krasnobród Landscape Park is a protected area in eastern Poland, established in 1988, covering an area of...

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Villages

Apart from the town of Krasnobród, Gmina Krasnobród contains the villages and settlements of Dominikanówka

Dominikanówka

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

, Grabnik

Grabnik, Gmina Krasnobród

Grabnik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krasnobród, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Hucisko

Hucisko, Lublin Voivodeship

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

, Hutki

Hutki, Lublin Voivodeship

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

, Hutków

Hutków

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

, Kaczórki

Kaczórki

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

, Majdan Mały, Majdan Wielki

Majdan Wielki, Zamosc County

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

, Malewszczyzna

Malewszczyzna

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

, Nowa Wieś

Nowa Wies, Gmina Krasnobród

Nowa Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krasnobród, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Podklasztor

Podklasztor

Podklasztor is a former village in the administrative district of Gmina Krasnobród, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It has been part of Krasnobród since 1995. There is a former Dominican monastery and Roman Catholic Shrine of Our Lady of Krasnobród...

, Stara Huta

Stara Huta, Zamosc County

Stara Huta is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krasnobród, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Krasnobród, south-west of Zamość, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

, Wólka Husińska

Wólka Husinska

Wólka Husińska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krasnobród, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Krasnobród, south of Zamość, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

 and Zielone

Zielone, Lublin Voivodeship

Zielone is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krasnobród, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Krasnobród, south of Zamość, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Krasnobród is bordered by the gminas of Adamów

Gmina Adamów, Zamosc County

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

, Józefów

Gmina Józefów

Gmina Józefów is an urban-rural gmina in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Józefów, which lies approximately east of Biłgoraj and south of the regional capital Lublin....

, Krynice

Gmina Krynice

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

, Susiec

Gmina Susiec

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

, Tarnawatka

Gmina Tarnawatka

Gmina Tarnawatka is a rural gmina in Tomaszów Lubelski County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Tarnawatka, which lies approximately north of Tomaszów Lubelski and south-east of the regional capital Lublin.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Tomaszów Lubelski

Gmina Tomaszów Lubelski

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

 and Zwierzyniec

Gmina Zwierzyniec

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

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