| Gmina Ostrów Lubelski Ostrów Lubelski Commune | ||
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| Gmina | ||
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 Location within the county and voivodeship | ||
| Coordinates(Ostrów Lubelski): 51°29′28″N22°51′18″E / 51.49111°N 22.85500°E Coordinates: 51°29′28″N22°51′18″E / 51.49111°N 22.85500°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | Lublin | |
| County | Lubartów | |
| Seat | Ostrów Lubelski | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 121.7 km2 (47.0 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015 [1] ) | ||
| • Total | 5,349 | |
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 2,146 | |
| • Rural | 3,203 | |
| Website | http://www.ostrowlubelski.lubelskie.pl/ | |
Gmina Ostrów Lubelski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Lubartów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostrów Lubelski, which lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of Lubartów and 34 km (21 mi) north-east 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 121.7 square kilometres (47.0 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,630 (out of which the population of Ostrów Lubelski amounts to 2,245, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,385).
