Gmina Krasnystaw 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 Krasnystaw County

Krasnystaw County

Krasnystaw 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 and only town is Krasnystaw, which lies ...

, 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 Krasnystaw

Krasnystaw

Krasnystaw is a town in eastern Poland with 19,615 inhabitants . Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship , previously in Chelm Voivodeship . It is the capital of Krasnystaw County....

, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.

The gmina covers an area of 150.96 square kilometres (58.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 9,142.

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 Skierbieszów Landscape Park

Skierbieszów Landscape Park

Skierbieszów Landscape Park is a protected area in eastern Poland, established in 1995....

.

Villages

Gmina Krasnystaw contains the villages and settlements of Bzite, Czarnoziem, Jaślików, Józefów, Kasjan, Krupe, Krupiec, Krynica, Latyczów, Małochwiej Duży, Małochwiej Mały, Niemienice, Niemienice-Kolonia, Ostrów Krupski, Rońsko, Siennica Nadolna; Białka, Łany, Stężyca Łęczyńska, Stężyca Nadwieprzańska

Stezyca Nadwieprzanska

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

, Stężyca-Kolonia

Stezyca-Kolonia

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

, Tuligłowy, Widniówka

Widniówka, Gmina Krasnystaw

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

, Wincentów

Wincentów, Krasnystaw County

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

, Zakręcie

Zakrecie

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

, Zastawie-Kolonia

Zastawie-Kolonia

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

 and Zażółkiew.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Krasnystaw is bordered by the town of Krasnystaw

Krasnystaw

Krasnystaw is a town in eastern Poland with 19,615 inhabitants . Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship , previously in Chelm Voivodeship . It is the capital of Krasnystaw County....

 and by the gminas of Gorzków

Gmina Gorzków

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

, Izbica

Gmina Izbica

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

, Kraśniczyn

Gmina Krasniczyn

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

, Łopiennik Górny, Rejowiec

Gmina Rejowiec

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

 and Siennica Różana

Gmina Siennica Rózana

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

.