Gmina Uchanie 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 Hrubieszów County

Hrubieszów County

Hrubieszów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998...

, 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 Uchanie

Uchanie

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

, which lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north-west of Hrubieszów

Hrubieszów

Hrubieszów is a town in southeastern Poland, with a population of 18,661 . It is the capital of Hrubieszów County. Since 1999 Hrubieszów has been part of Lublin Voivodeship . Earlier, 1975–98, it had been part of Zamość Province...

 and 84 km (52 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 120.75 square kilometres (46.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,009.

The gmina contains part of the protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 called Strzelce Landscape Park

Strzelce Landscape Park

Strzelce Landscape Park is a protected area in eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine. The Park was established in 1983, and covers an area of ....

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Villages

Gmina Uchanie contains the villages and settlements of Aurelin

Aurelin

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

, Białowody, Bokinia

Bokinia

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

, Chyżowice

Chyzowice

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

, Dębina

Debina, Hrubieszów County

Dębina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Uchanie, within Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Drohiczany

Drohiczany

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

, Feliksów

Feliksów, Lublin Voivodeship

Feliksów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Uchanie, within Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Gliniska

Gliniska, Hrubieszów County

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

, Jarosławiec, Lemieszów

Lemieszów

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

, Łuszczów, Łuszczów-Kolonia, Marysin

Marysin, Gmina Uchanie

Marysin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Uchanie, within Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Miedniki

Miedniki

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

, Mojsławice, Mojsławice-Kolonia, Odletajka

Odletajka

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

, Pielaki

Pielaki, Lublin Voivodeship

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

, Putnowice Górne

Putnowice Górne

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

, Rozkoszówka

Rozkoszówka

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

, Staszic, Teratyn

Teratyn

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

, Teratyn-Kolonia

Teratyn-Kolonia

Teratyn-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Uchanie, within Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Uchanie-Kolonia

Uchanie-Kolonia

Uchanie-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Uchanie, within Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Wola Uchańska

Wola Uchanska

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

 and Wysokie

Wysokie, Hrubieszów County

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Uchanie is bordered by the gminas of Białopole, Grabowiec

Gmina Grabowiec

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

, Hrubieszów

Gmina Hrubieszów

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

, Trzeszczany

Gmina Trzeszczany

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

 and Wojsławice.