Gmina Poniatowa 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 Opole Lubelskie County

Opole Lubelskie County

Opole Lubelskie 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 town of Opole Lubelskie, 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 Poniatowa

Poniatowa

Poniatowa is a town in southeastern Poland, in Opole Lubelskie County, in Lublin Voivodship, with 10,500 inhabitants .-Historical antecedents:A village named Poniatowa had existed near the site of the present town for about 750 years...

, which lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Opole Lubelskie

Opole Lubelskie

Opole Lubelskie is a town in eastern Poland. It has 8,879 inhabitants . The town is situated in the Lublin Voivodeship, some 10 kilometers east of the Vistula river. It is the capital of the Opole Lubelskie County. It was founded in the 14th century....

 and 36 km (22 mi) west 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 84.16 square kilometres (32.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 15,146 (out of which the population of Poniatowa amounts to 9,911, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,235).

Villages

Apart from the town of Poniatowa, Gmina Poniatowa contains the villages and settlements of Dąbrowa Wronowska

Dabrowa Wronowska

Dąbrowa Wronowska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poniatowa, within Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Henin

Henin, Poland

Henin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poniatowa, within Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Poniatowa, north-east of Opole Lubelskie, and west of the regional capital Lublin....

, Kocianów

Kocianów

Kocianów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poniatowa, within Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Poniatowa, north-east of Opole Lubelskie, and west of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Kowala Druga

Kowala Druga

Kowala Druga is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poniatowa, within Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Poniatowa, north-east of Opole Lubelskie, and west of the regional capital Lublin.The village has a population of...

, Kowala Pierwsza

Kowala Pierwsza

Kowala Pierwsza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poniatowa, within Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Kraczewice Prywatne

Kraczewice Prywatne

Kraczewice Prywatne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poniatowa, within Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.The village has a population of 1,000.-References:...

, Kraczewice Rządowe

Kraczewice Rzadowe

Kraczewice Rządowe is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poniatowa, within Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Niezabitów

Niezabitów

Niezabitów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poniatowa, within Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Poniatowa, north-east of Opole Lubelskie, and west of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Niezabitów-Kolonia

Niezabitów-Kolonia

Niezabitów-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poniatowa, within Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Obliźniak

Oblizniak

Obliźniak is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poniatowa, within Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Poniatowa, north-east of Opole Lubelskie, and west of the regional capital Lublin....

, Plizin

Plizin

Plizin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poniatowa, within Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Poniatowa-Kolonia

Poniatowa-Kolonia

Poniatowa-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poniatowa, within Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Poniatowa-Wieś

Poniatowa-Wies

Poniatowa-Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poniatowa, within Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Poniatowa, east of Opole Lubelskie, and west of the regional capital Lublin....

, Spławy, Szczuczki-Kolonia

Szczuczki-Kolonia

Szczuczki-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poniatowa, within Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Wólka Łubkowska and Zofianka

Zofianka

Zofianka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poniatowa, within Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Poniatowa, north-east of Opole Lubelskie, and west of the regional capital Lublin....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Poniatowa is bordered by the gminas of Bełżyce, Chodel

Gmina Chodel

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

, Karczmiska

Gmina Karczmiska

Gmina Karczmiska is a rural gmina in Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Karczmiska, which lies approximately north of Opole Lubelskie and west of the regional capital Lublin....

, Opole Lubelskie

Gmina Opole Lubelskie

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

, Wąwolnica

Gmina Wawolnica

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

 and Wojciechów

Gmina Wojciechów

Gmina Wojciechów is a rural gmina in Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Wojciechów, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Lublin....

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