Gmina Szczebrzeszyn 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 Zamość County

Zamosc County

Zamość 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 city of Zamość, although the city is not part...

, 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 Szczebrzeszyn

Szczebrzeszyn

Szczebrzeszyn is a city in southeastern Poland in Lublin Voivodeship, in Zamość County, about 20 km west of Zamość. From 1975–1999, it was part of the Zamość Voivodeship administrative district. The town serves as the seat to Gmina Szczebrzeszyn. A 2004 census counted 5,357 inhabitants...

, which lies approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) west of Zamość

Zamosc

Zamość ukr. Замостя is a town in southeastern Poland with 66,633 inhabitants , situated in the south-western part of Lublin Voivodeship , about from Lublin, from Warsaw and from the border with Ukraine...

 and 69 km (43 mi) south-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 123.16 square kilometres (47.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 12,040 (out of which the population of Szczebrzeszyn amounts to 5,299, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,741).

Villages

Apart from the town of Szczebrzeszyn, Gmina Szczebrzeszyn contains the villages and settlements of Bodaczów

Bodaczów

Bodaczów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczebrzeszyn, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Szczebrzeszyn, west of Zamość, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

, Brody Duże

Brody Duze, Lublin Voivodeship

Brody Duże is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczebrzeszyn, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Szczebrzeszyn, west of Zamość, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

, Brody Małe, Kąty Drugie

Katy Drugie

Kąty Drugie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczebrzeszyn, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Kąty Pierwsze

Katy Pierwsze

Kąty Pierwsze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczebrzeszyn, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Kawęczyn

Kaweczyn, Zamosc County

Kawęczyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczebrzeszyn, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Szczebrzeszyn, west of Zamość, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

, Kawęczynek

Kaweczynek, Lublin Voivodeship

Kawęczynek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczebrzeszyn, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Szczebrzeszyn, west of Zamość, and south of the regional capital Lublin....

, Lipowiec-Kolonia

Lipowiec-Kolonia

Lipowiec-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczebrzeszyn, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Niedzieliska

Niedzieliska, Lublin Voivodeship

Niedzieliska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczebrzeszyn, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Szczebrzeszyn, west of Zamość, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

, Niedzieliska-Kolonia

Niedzieliska-Kolonia

Niedzieliska-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczebrzeszyn, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Wielącza

Wielacza

Wielącza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczebrzeszyn, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Szczebrzeszyn, west of Zamość, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....

, Wielącza Poduchowna

Wielacza Poduchowna

Wielącza Poduchowna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczebrzeszyn, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

 and Wielącza-Kolonia

Wielacza-Kolonia

Wielącza-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczebrzeszyn, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Szczebrzeszyn is bordered by the gminas of Nielisz

Gmina Nielisz

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

, Radecznica

Gmina Radecznica

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

, Sułów, Zamość

Gmina Zamosc

Gmina Zamość is a rural gmina in Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Zamość, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

 and Zwierzyniec

Gmina Zwierzyniec

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

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