Gmina Sawin 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 Chełm County, 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 village of Sawin

Sawin, Lublin Voivodeship

Sawin is a settlement in Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Sawin. It lies approximately north of Chełm and east of the regional capital Lublin....

, which lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) north of Chełm and 61 km (38 mi) 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 190.2 square kilometres (73.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,660.

Villages

Gmina Sawin contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrówka, Bachus

Bachus, Lublin Voivodeship

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

, Bukowa Mała, Bukowa Wielka

Bukowa Wielka

Bukowa Wielka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sawin, within Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Sawin, north of Chełm, and east of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Chutcze, Czułczyce, Czułczyce Małe, Czułczyce-Kolonia, Hredków

Hredków

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

, Jagodne, Krobonosz

Krobonosz

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

, Krobonosz-Kolonia

Krobonosz-Kolonia

Krobonosz-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sawin, within Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.The village has a population of 52....

, Łowcza, Łowcza-Kolonia, Łukówek, Malinówka, Petryłów, Podpakule

Podpakule

Podpakule is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sawin, within Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Przysiółek, Radzanów

Radzanów, Lublin Voivodeship

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

, Sajczyce

Sajczyce

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

, Sawin

Sawin, Lublin Voivodeship

Sawin is a settlement in Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Sawin. It lies approximately north of Chełm and east of the regional capital Lublin....

, Serniawy

Serniawy

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

, Serniawy-Kolonia

Serniawy-Kolonia

Serniawy-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sawin, within Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Średni Łan, Tomaszówka and Wólka Petryłowska.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Sawin is bordered by the gminas of Chełm, Hańsk

Gmina Hansk

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

, Ruda-Huta

Gmina Ruda-Huta

Gmina Ruda-Huta is a rural gmina in Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine. Its seat is the village of Ruda-Huta, which lies approximately north-east of Chełm and east of the regional capital Lublin.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Wierzbica

Gmina Wierzbica, Lublin Voivodeship

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

 and Wola Uhruska

Gmina Wola Uhruska

Gmina Wola Uhruska is a rural gmina in Włodawa County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine...

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