| Gmina Baranów Sandomierski Baranów Sandomierski Commune | ||
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| Coordinates(Baranów Sandomierski): 50°30′N21°32′E / 50.500°N 21.533°E Coordinates: 50°30′N21°32′E / 50.500°N 21.533°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | Subcarpathian | |
| County | Tarnobrzeg County | |
| Seat | Baranów Sandomierski | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 121.86 km2 (47.05 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006) | ||
| • Total | 11,977 | |
| • Density | 98/km2 (250/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1,453 | |
| • Rural | 10,524 | |
| Website | http://www.baranowsandomierski.pl/ | |
Gmina Baranów Sandomierski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Tarnobrzeg County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Baranów Sandomierski, which lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south-west of Tarnobrzeg and 62 km (39 mi) north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.
The gmina is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. As of 2010 there were 2,478 gminy throughout the country. The word gmina derives from the German word Gemeinde, meaning "community".
Tarnobrzeg County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-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 Tarnobrzeg, although the city is not part of the county. The only towns in Tarnobrzeg County are Nowa Dęba, which lies 18 km (11 mi) south of Tarnobrzeg, and Baranów Sandomierski, 15 km (9 mi) south-west of Tarnobrzeg.
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country located in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative subdivisions, covering an area of 312,696 square kilometres (120,733 sq mi), and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With a population of approximately 38.5 million people, Poland is the sixth most populous member state of the European Union. Poland's capital and largest metropolis is Warsaw. Other major cities include Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin.
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The gmina covers an area of 121.86 square kilometres (47.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 11,977, of which the population of Baranów Sandomierski is 1,453, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,524.
