| Gmina Chłopice Chłopice Commune | |
|---|---|
| Gmina | |
  Gmina Chłopice Location of Gmina Chłopice in Poland  Gmina Chłopice Gmina Chłopice (Europe) | |
| Coordinates(Chłopice): 49°58′N22°41′E / 49.967°N 22.683°E Coordinates: 49°58′N22°41′E / 49.967°N 22.683°E | |
| Country |  |
| Voivodeship | Subcarpathian |
| County | Jarosław |
| Seat | Chłopice |
| Area | |
| • Total | 49.11 km2 (18.96 sq mi) |
| Population (2013 [1] ) | |
| • Total | 5,609 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (300/sq mi) |
Gmina Chłopice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarosław County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Chłopice, which lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Jarosław and 50 km (31 mi) east 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".
Jarosław County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Jarosław, which lies 49 kilometres (30 mi) east of the regional capital Rzeszów. The only other towns in the county are Radymno, lying 13 km (8 mi) south-east of Jarosław, and Pruchnik.
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 49.11 square kilometres (19.0 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,690 (5,609 in 2013).
