Gmina Platerówka 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 Lubań County

Luban County

Lubań County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of . Its administrative seat and...

, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in southwestern Poland...

, in south-western 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 Czech

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 border. Its seat is the village of Platerówka

Platerówka

Platerówka is a village in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Platerówka. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Lubań

Luban

Lubań is a town in southwest Poland north of the Jizera Mountains on the Kwisa river, with 22,137 inhabitants . Situated within the historic Upper Lusatia region, it today belongs to the Lower Silesian Voivodeship...

, and 130 kilometres (81 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The gmina covers an area of 47.94 square kilometres (18.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 1,751.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Platerówka is bordered by the town of Lubań

Luban

Lubań is a town in southwest Poland north of the Jizera Mountains on the Kwisa river, with 22,137 inhabitants . Situated within the historic Upper Lusatia region, it today belongs to the Lower Silesian Voivodeship...

 and the gminas of Leśna

Gmina Lesna

Gmina Leśna is an urban-rural gmina in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Leśna, which lies approximately south of Lubań, and west of the regional capital Wrocław....

, Lubań

Gmina Luban

Gmina Lubań is a rural gmina in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Lubań, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Siekierczyn and Sulików

Gmina Sulików

Gmina Sulików is a rural gmina in Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, on the Czech border...

. It also borders the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

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Villages

The gmina contains the villages of Platerówka

Platerówka

Platerówka is a village in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Platerówka. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Przylasek

Przylasek

Przylasek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Platerówka, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Włosień and Zalipie

Zalipie, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Zalipie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Platerówka, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

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Sources

• Polish official population figures 2006