| Gmina Kock Kock Commune | ||
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 Location within the county and voivodeship | ||
| Coordinates(Kock): 51°39′N22°27′E / 51.650°N 22.450°E Coordinates: 51°39′N22°27′E / 51.650°N 22.450°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | Lublin | |
| County | Lubartów | |
| Seat | Kock | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 100.62 km2 (38.85 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015 [1] ) | ||
| • Total | 6,568 | |
| • Density | 65/km2 (170/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 3,372 | |
| • Rural | 3,196 | |
| Website | http://kock.pl/ | |
Gmina Kock is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Lubartów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Kock, which lies approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) north-west of Lubartów and 46 km (29 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".
Lubartów 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 largest town is Lubartów, which lies 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the regional capital Lublin. The county also contains the towns of Kock, lying 23 km (14 mi) north-west of Lubartów, and Ostrów Lubelski, 18 km (11 mi) east of Lubartów.
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 100.62 square kilometres (38.8 sq mi), bordered by the Tyśmienica, Wieprz, and Czarna rivers. As of 2006 its total population is 6,763, out of which the population of Kock is 3,478 and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,285.
Tyśmienica is a river in east central Poland, a tributary of the river Wieprz. Tyśmienica flows through Lublin Voivodeship, at the length of 75 kilometres (47 mi). It begins at the Krzczeń Lake near Ostrów Lubelski and empties into Wieprz around Wola Skromowska village. It has a drainage basin of 2,700 square kilometres (1,000 sq mi).
The Wieprz is a river in central-eastern Poland, a tributary of the Vistula. It is the country's ninth longest river, with a total length of 349 km and a catchment area of 10,497 km², all within Poland. Its course near the town of Łęczna includes the protected area known as Wieprz Landscape Park.
