Gmina Wólka 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 Lublin County

Lublin County

Lublin 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 Lublin, 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...

. It takes its name from the village of Wólka

Wólka, Lublin County

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

, which was the gmina seat until 30 December 1999. Since then the seat has been the village of Jakubowice Murowane

Jakubowice Murowane

Jakubowice Murowane is a village in Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Wólka. It lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

 (the gmina offices are in fact situated in part of that village which is administratively part of the city of 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...

).

The gmina covers an area of 72.75 square kilometres (28.1 sq mi), and as of 2009 its total population is 9,874.

Villages

Gmina Wólka contains the villages and settlements of Biskupie-Kolonia

Biskupie-Kolonia, Gmina Wólka

Biskupie-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wólka, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.The village has a population of 289.-References:...

, Bystrzyca

Bystrzyca, Lublin County

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

, Długie, Jakubowice Murowane

Jakubowice Murowane

Jakubowice Murowane is a village in Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Wólka. It lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Kolonia Pliszczyn

Kolonia Pliszczyn

Kolonia Pliszczyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wólka, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Kolonia Świdnik Mały, Łuszczów Drugi, Łuszczów Pierwszy, Łysaków, Pliszczyn

Pliszczyn

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

, Rudnik

Rudnik, Lublin County

Rudnik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wólka, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Sobianowice

Sobianowice

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

, Świdniczek

Swidniczek

Świdniczek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wólka, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Świdnik Duży

Swidnik Duzy

Świdnik Duży is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wólka, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Świdnik Mały, Turka

Turka, Lublin County

Turka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wólka, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Lublin.The village has a population of 3,214.-References:...

 and Wólka

Wólka, Lublin County

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

.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wólka is bordered by the towns of 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...

 and Świdnik

Swidnik

Świdnik is a town in eastern Poland with 42,797 inhabitants , situated in the Lublin Voivodeship, very near the city of Lublin. It is the capital of Świdnik County.-History:The village of Świdnik is first mentioned in historical records from 1392...

, and by the gminas of Łęczna, Mełgiew, Niemce

Gmina Niemce

Gmina Niemce is a rural gmina in Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Niemce, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Lublin....

 and Spiczyn

Gmina Spiczyn

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

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