Gmina Węgliniec 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 Zgorzelec County

Zgorzelec County

Zgorzelec County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. It is situated in the extreme south-west of Poland, bordering both Germany...

, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in southwestern Poland...

, in south-western 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 Węgliniec

Wegliniec

Węgliniec is a town in Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Węgliniec...

, which lies approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) north-east of Zgorzelec

Zgorzelec

Zgorzelec is a town in south-western Poland with 33,278 inhabitants . It lies in Lower Silesian Voivodeship . It is the seat of Zgorzelec County, and also of the smaller district of Gmina Zgorzelec...

, and 128 kilometres (80 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The gmina covers an area of 338.44 square kilometres (130.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,775 (out of which the population of Węgliniec amounts to 3,072, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,703).

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Węgliniec is bordered by the town of Gozdnica

Gozdnica

Gozdnica is a town in Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,804 inhabitants .Situated close to Lower Silesian Voivodeship, na north-west of Żagań and east of Przewóz. Voivodeship roads number 300 and 350 are passing through Gozdnica.-External links:*...

 and the gminas of Iłowa, Nowogrodziec

Gmina Nowogrodziec

Gmina Nowogrodziec is an urban-rural gmina in Bolesławiec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...

, Osiecznica

Gmina Osiecznica

Gmina Osiecznica is a rural gmina in Bolesławiec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Osiecznica, which lies approximately north-west of Bolesławiec and west of the regional capital Wrocław.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Pieńsk

Gmina Piensk

Gmina Pieńsk is an urban-rural gmina in Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, on the German border...

 and Przewóz

Gmina Przewóz

Gmina Przewóz is a rural gmina in Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, on the German border. Its seat is the village of Przewóz, which lies approximately south-west of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra....

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Villages

Apart from the town of Węgliniec

Wegliniec

Węgliniec is a town in Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Węgliniec...

, the gmina contains the villages of Czerwona Woda

Czerwona Woda, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Czerwona Woda is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Węgliniec, within Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Dębówek, Jagodzin

Jagodzin

Jagodzin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Węgliniec, within Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Kieszków, Kościelna Wieś

Koscielna Wies, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Kościelna Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Węgliniec, within Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.-References:...

, Kuźnica, Łężek, Okrąglica

Okraglica, Zgorzelec County

Okrąglica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Węgliniec, within Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.-References:...

, Piaseczna

Piaseczna

Piaseczna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Węgliniec, within Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.The village has a population of 270.-References:...

, Piaski, Polana

Polana, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Polana is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Węgliniec, within Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Ruszów

Ruszów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Ruszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Węgliniec, within Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Stary Węgliniec

Stary Wegliniec

Stary Węgliniec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Węgliniec, within Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

 and Zielonka

Zielonka, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Zielonka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Węgliniec, within Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximately west of Węgliniec, north-east of Zgorzelec, and west of the regional capital...

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