| Gmina Kąkolewnica Kąkolewnica Commune | |||
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| Gmina | |||
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  Gmina Kąkolewnica | |||
| Coordinates(Kąkolewnica): 51°56′N22°43′E / 51.933°N 22.717°E Coordinates: 51°56′N22°43′E / 51.933°N 22.717°E | |||
| Country |  | ||
| Voivodeship | Lublin | ||
| County | Radzyń Podlaski | ||
| Seat | Kąkolewnica | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 147.71 km2 (57.03 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 8,459 | ||
| • Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) | ||
| Website | http://www.kakolewnica.lublin.pl/ | ||
Gmina Kąkolewnica is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Radzyń Podlaski County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Kąkolewnica, which lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of Radzyń Podlaski and 77 km (48 mi) north of the regional capital Lublin.
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".
Radzyń Podlaski County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Radzyń Podlaski, which lies 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of the regional capital Lublin.
Lublin Voivodeship, or Lublin Province, is a voivodeship, or province, located in southeastern Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin, Chełm, Zamość, Biała Podlaska and (partially) Tarnobrzeg and Siedlce Voivodeships, pursuant to Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province is named after its largest city and regional capital, Lublin, and its territory is made of four historical lands: the western part of the voivodeship, with Lublin itself, belongs to Lesser Poland, the eastern part of Lublin Area belongs to Red Ruthenia, and the northeast belongs to Polesie and Podlasie.
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The gmina covers an area of 147.71 square kilometres (57.0 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,459. Up to 2010 it was called Gmina Kąkolewnica Wschodnia, and had its seat in the village of Kąkolewnica Wschodnia ("East Kąkolewnica"), which is now part of Kąkolewnica.
