Gmina Stężyca 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 Ryki County

Ryki County

Ryki 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 Ryki, which lies north-west of the...

, 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 Stężyca

Stezyca, Lublin Voivodeship

Stężyca is a village in Ryki County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Stężyca. It lies approximately west of Ryki and north-west of the regional capital Lublin....

, which lies approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) west of Ryki

Ryki

Ryki is a town in eastern Poland on the main road between Warsaw and Lublin. It has 9,767 inhabitants .Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship . It is the capital of Ryki County.- History :...

 and 81 km (50 mi) north-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 116.78 square kilometres (45.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,473.

Villages

Gmina Stężyca contains the villages of Brzeźce

Brzezce, Lublin Voivodeship

Brzeźce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stężyca, within Ryki County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.The village has a population of 450.-References:...

, Brzeziny

Brzeziny, Ryki County

Brzeziny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stężyca, within Ryki County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Stężyca, west of Ryki, and north-west of the regional capital Lublin....

, Długowola, Drachalica

Drachalica

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

, Kletnia

Kletnia, Lublin Voivodeship

Kletnia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stężyca, within Ryki County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Krukówka

Krukówka, Lublin Voivodeship

Krukówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stężyca, within Ryki County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Nadwiślanka

Nadwislanka

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

, Nowa Rokitnia

Nowa Rokitnia

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

, Paprotnia

Paprotnia, Lublin Voivodeship

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

, Pawłowice, Piotrowice

Piotrowice, Ryki County

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

, Prażmów

Prazmów, Lublin Voivodeship

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

, Stara Rokitnia

Stara Rokitnia

Stara Rokitnia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stężyca, within Ryki County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Ryki and north-west of the regional capital Lublin....

, Stężyca

Stezyca, Lublin Voivodeship

Stężyca is a village in Ryki County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Stężyca. It lies approximately west of Ryki and north-west of the regional capital Lublin....

 and Zielonka

Zielonka, Ryki County

Zielonka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stężyca, within Ryki County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Ryki and north-west of the regional capital Lublin.The village has a population of 136....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Stężyca is bordered by the town of Dęblin

Deblin

Dęblin is a town, population 19,500 , at the confluence of Vistula and Wieprz rivers, in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. Dęblin is the part of the agglomeration with adjacent towns of Ryki and Puławy, which altogether has over 100 000 inhabitants....

 and by the gminas of Kozienice

Gmina Kozienice

Gmina Kozienice is an urban-rural gmina in Kozienice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kozienice, which lies approximately south-east of Warsaw....

, Maciejowice

Gmina Maciejowice

Gmina Maciejowice is a rural gmina in Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Maciejowice, which lies approximately south of Garwolin and south-east of Warsaw....

, Ryki

Gmina Ryki

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

, Sieciechów

Gmina Sieciechów

Gmina Sieciechów is a rural gmina in Kozienice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Sieciechów, which lies approximately east of Kozienice and south-east of Warsaw....

 and Trojanów

Gmina Trojanów

Gmina Trojanów is a rural gmina in Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Trojanów, which lies approximately 27 kilometres south-east of Garwolin and 81 km south-east of Warsaw.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

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