Gmina Lubartów
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| Gmina Lubartów Lubartów Commune |
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| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Lublin | ||
| County | Lubartów | ||
| Seat | Lubartów | ||
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| - Total | 158.94 km² (61.4 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 10,212 | ||
| - Density | 64.3/km² (166.4/sq mi) | ||
| Website: http://www.lubartow.gmina.woi.lublin.pl/ | |||
Gmina Lubartów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Lubartów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Lubartów, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.
The gmina covers an area of 158.94 square kilometres (61.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 10,212.
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[edit] History
Gmina Lubartów was created out of the Łucka and Lisów gminas in 1973.
The oldest monument of the gmina is probably Góra Tatarska, an old fort. The area is well known for its craft skills, particularly dried flower compositions and Easter palms (made of dried grasses).
[edit] Geography
About 57% of the land is arable whist 35% is forested, mostly in the southwestern corner of the gmina. It is located on the Lubartów plateau, and the Wieprz river valley forms the eastern part of the region and here there are large areas of meadow and pastures, as well as some wetlands. In the south there is a large forest - Kozłowiecki forest.
[edit] Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Lubartów is bordered by the town of Lubartów and by the gminas of Firlej, Kamionka, Niedźwiada, Niemce, Ostrówek, Serniki and Spiczyn.
[edit] Villages
The gmina contains the following villages with the status of sołectwo: Annobór, Annobór-Kolonia, Baranówka, Brzeziny, Chlewiska, Lisów, Łucka, Łucka-Kolonia, Majdan Kozłowiecki, Mieczysławka, Nowodwór, Nowodwór-Piaski, Rokitno, Skrobów, Skrobów-Kolonia, Szczekarków, Trójnia, Trzciniec, Wandzin, Wincentów, Wola Lisowska, Wola Mieczysławska, Wólka Rokicka and Wólka Rokicka-Kolonia.
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