Gmina Bychawa 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 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...

. Its seat is the town of Bychawa

Bychawa

Bychawa is a town in Poland, in Lublin Voivodeship, in Lublin County, about 25 km south of Lublin. It has 5,327 inhabitants .The town was first mentioned in historical documents from the 14th century and first received its city charter in 1537...

, which lies approximately 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of the regional capital 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...

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The gmina covers an area of 146.19 square kilometres (56.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 12,311 (out of which the population of Bychawa amounts to 5,285, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,026).

Villages

Apart from the town of Bychawa, Gmina Bychawa contains the villages and settlements of Bychawka Druga

Bychawka Druga

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

, Bychawka Druga-Kolonia

Bychawka Druga-Kolonia

Bychawka Druga-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bychawa, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Bychawka Pierwsza

Bychawka Pierwsza

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

, Bychawka Trzecia

Bychawka Trzecia

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

, Bychawka Trzecia-Kolonia

Bychawka Trzecia-Kolonia

Bychawka Trzecia-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bychawa, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.-References:...

, Gałęzów, Gałęzów-Kolonia Druga, Gałęzów-Kolonia Pierwsza, Grodzany

Grodzany

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

, Józwów

Józwów

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

, Kosarzew Dolny-Kolonia

Kosarzew Dolny-Kolonia

Kosarzew Dolny-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bychawa, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Kowersk

Kowersk

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

, Łęczyca, Leśniczówka

Lesniczówka, Lublin County

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

, Marysin

Marysin, Gmina Bychawa

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

, Olszowiec

Olszowiec, Lublin County

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

, Olszowiec-Kolonia

Olszowiec-Kolonia

Olszowiec-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bychawa, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Osowa

Osowa, Lublin County

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

, Osowa-Kolonia

Osowa-Kolonia

Osowa-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bychawa, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Podzamcze

Podzamcze, Lublin County

Podzamcze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bychawa, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Bychawa and south of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

, Romanów

Romanów, Lublin County

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

, Skawinek

Skawinek

Skawinek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bychawa, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. In 1993, a small flood ruined a marginal amount of cropland.-References:...

, Stara Wieś Druga

Stara Wies Druga, Lublin Voivodeship

Stara Wieś Druga is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bychawa, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Bychawa and south of the regional capital Lublin....

, Stara Wieś Pierwsza

Stara Wies Pierwsza

Stara Wieś Pierwsza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bychawa, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Bychawa and south of the regional capital Lublin....

, Stara Wieś Trzecia

Stara Wies Trzecia

Stara Wieś Trzecia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bychawa, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Bychawa and south of the regional capital Lublin....

, Urszulin

Urszulin, Lublin County

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

, Wandzin

Wandzin, Lublin County

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

, Wincentówek

Wincentówek, Lublin Voivodeship

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

, Wola Duża

Wola Duza, Lublin County

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

, Wola Duża-Kolonia

Wola Duza-Kolonia

Wola Duża-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bychawa, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

, Wola Gałęzowska, Wola Gałęzowska-Kolonia, Zadębie

Zadebie, Lublin County

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

, Zaraszów

Zaraszów

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

, Zaraszów-Kolonia

Zaraszów-Kolonia

Zaraszów-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bychawa, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....

 and Zdrapy

Zdrapy, Lublin County

Zdrapy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bychawa, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Bychawa and south of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Bychawa is bordered by the gminas of Jabłonna, Krzczonów

Gmina Krzczonów

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

, Strzyżewice

Gmina Strzyzewice

Gmina Strzyżewice is a rural gmina in Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Strzyżewice, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Lublin....

, Wysokie

Gmina Wysokie

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

, Zakrzew

Gmina Zakrzew, Lublin Voivodeship

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

 and Zakrzówek

Gmina Zakrzówek

Gmina Zakrzówek is a rural gmina in Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Zakrzówek, which lies approximately east of Kraśnik and south of the regional capital Lublin....

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