Gmina Zelów 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 Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central 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 Zelów

Zelów

Zelów is a town in Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 8,307 inhabitants .- Jews in Zelow :2,000 Jews lived in Zelow before the 2nd world war. Most of them were executed in Chełmno, and others were deported to Łódź Ghetto and from there to the death camps....

, which lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) north-west of Bełchatów and 40 km (25 mi) south-west of the regional capital Łódź.

The gmina covers an area of 168.21 square kilometres (64.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 15,321 (out of which the population of Zelów amounts to 8,173, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,148).

Villages

Apart from the town of Zelów, Gmina Zelów contains the villages and settlements of Bocianicha

Bocianicha

Bocianicha is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Zelów, north-west of Bełchatów, and south-west of the regional capital Łódź....

, Bujny Księże

Bujny Ksieze

Bujny Księże is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Zelów, north-west of Bełchatów, and south of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Bujny Szlacheckie

Bujny Szlacheckie

Bujny Szlacheckie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately east of Zelów, north-west of Bełchatów, and south of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Chajczyny

Chajczyny

Chajczyny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately west of Zelów, north-west of Bełchatów, and south-west of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Dąbrowa

Dabrowa, Gmina Zelów

Dąbrowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland....

, Faustynów

Faustynów, Gmina Zelów

Faustynów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Zelów, west of Bełchatów, and south-west of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Grabostów, Grabostów-Bominy

Grabostów-Bominy

Grabostów-Bominy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately east of Zelów, north-west of Bełchatów, and south of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Grębociny

Grebociny

Grębociny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Zelów, north-west of Bełchatów, and south of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Ignaców, Jamborek

Jamborek

Jamborek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north of Zelów, north of Bełchatów, and south-west of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Janów

Janów, Gmina Zelów

Janów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately south of Zelów, north-west of Bełchatów, and south-west of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Jawor, Karczmy

Karczmy

Karczmy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Zelów, north of Bełchatów, and south-west of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Karczmy-Kolonia

Karczmy-Kolonia

Karczmy-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Zelów, north of Bełchatów, and south-west of the regional capital Łódź....

, Kociszew, Kociszew A

Kociszew A

Kociszew A is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland....

, Kolonia Grabostów

Kolonia Grabostów

Kolonia Grabostów is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately east of Zelów, north of Bełchatów, and south of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Kolonia Kociszew

Kolonia Kociszew

Kolonia Kociszew is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Zelów, north of Bełchatów, and south of the regional capital Łódź....

, Kolonia Ostoja

Kolonia Ostoja

Kolonia Ostoja is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately east of Zelów, north-west of Bełchatów, and south of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Krześlów

Krzeslów

Krześlów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Zelów, north-west of Bełchatów, and south-west of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Kurów, Kurówek

Kurówek

Kurówek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately west of Zelów, north-west of Bełchatów, and south-west of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Kuźnica

Kuznica, Gmina Zelów

Kuźnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Zelów, north of Bełchatów, and south of the regional capital Łódź....

, Łęki, Łęki-Kolonia, Łobudzice, Łobudzice-Kolonia, Marszywiec

Marszywiec

Marszywiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Zelów, north-west of Bełchatów, and south of the regional capital Łódź....

, Mauryców, Nowa Wola

Nowa Wola, Gmina Zelów

Nowa Wola is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately west of Zelów, north-west of Bełchatów, and south-west of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Ostoja, Pawłowa, Podlesie, Pożdżenice

Pozdzenice

Pożdżenice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Zelów, north-west of Bełchatów, and south-west of the regional capital Łódź....

, Pożdżenice-Kolonia

Pozdzenice-Kolonia

Pożdżenice-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately west of Zelów, north-west of Bełchatów, and south-west of the regional capital Łódź....

, Przecznia

Przecznia

Przecznia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Zelów, west of Bełchatów, and south-west of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Pszczółki, Pukawica

Pukawica

Pukawica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately south of Zelów, north-west of Bełchatów, and south-west of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Sobki, Sromutka

Sromutka

Sromutka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately south of Zelów, north-west of Bełchatów, and south-west of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

, Tosin

Tosin

Tosin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.-References:...

, Walewice, Wola Pszczółecka, Wygiełzów, Wypychów, Zabłoty, Zagłówki, Zalesie

Zalesie, Gmina Zelów

Zalesie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately west of Zelów, north-west of Bełchatów, and south-west of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

 and Zelówek

Zelówek

Zelówek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zelów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Zelów, north-west of Bełchatów, and south-west of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Zelów is bordered by the gminas of Bełchatów, Buczek

Gmina Buczek

Gmina Buczek is a rural gmina in Łask County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the village of Buczek, which lies approximately south of Łask and south-west of the regional capital Łódź....

, Dłutów, Drużbice

Gmina Druzbice

Gmina Drużbice is a rural gmina in Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the village of Drużbice, which lies approximately north of Bełchatów and south of the regional capital Łódź....

, Kluki

Gmina Kluki

Gmina Kluki is a rural gmina in Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kluki, which lies approximately west of Bełchatów and south of the regional capital Łódź....

, Łask, Sędziejowice

Gmina Sedziejowice

Gmina Sędziejowice is a rural gmina in Łask County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the village of Sędziejowice, which lies approximately south-west of Łask and south-west of the regional capital Łódź....

, Szczerców

Gmina Szczerców

Gmina Szczerców is a rural gmina in Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the village of Szczerców, which lies approximately west of Bełchatów and south-west of the regional capital Łódź....

 and Widawa

Gmina Widawa

Gmina Widawa is a rural gmina in Łask County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the village of Widawa, which lies approximately south-west of Łask and south-west of the regional capital Łódź....

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