Gmina Zwierzyniec

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Gmina Zwierzyniec
Zwierzyniec Commune
—  Gmina  —
Coat of arms of Gmina Zwierzyniec
Coat of arms
Coordinates (Zwierzyniec): 50°37′N 22°58′E / 50.617, 22.967
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Lublin
County Zamość County
Seat Zwierzyniec
Area
 - Total 156.78 km² (60.5 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 7,251
 - Density 46.2/km² (119.8/sq mi)
 - Urban 3,344
 - Rural 3,907
Website: http://www.zwierzyniec.info.pl

Gmina Zwierzyniec is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Zwierzyniec, which lies approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) south-west of Zamość and 76 km (47 mi) south of the regional capital Lublin.

The gmina covers an area of 156.78 square kilometres (60.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,251 (out of which the population of Zwierzyniec amounts to 3,344, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,907).

[edit] Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Zwierzyniec is bordered by the gminas of Adamów, Józefów, Krasnobród, Radecznica, Szczebrzeszyn, Tereszpol and Zamość.

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