| Gmina Wiskitki Wiskitki Commune | ||
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| Coordinates(Wiskitki): 52°5′N20°24′E / 52.083°N 20.400°E Coordinates: 52°5′N20°24′E / 52.083°N 20.400°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | Masovian | |
| County | Żyrardów | |
| Seat | Wiskitki | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 150.94 km2 (58.28 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006) | ||
| • Total | 9,298 | |
| • Density | 62/km2 (160/sq mi) | |
| Website | http://www.wiskitki.pl/ | |
Gmina Wiskitki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Żyrardów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Wiskitki, which lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-west of Żyrardów and 44 km (27 mi) west of Warsaw.
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".
Żyrardów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Żyrardów, which lies 43 kilometres (27 mi) south-west of Warsaw. The only other town in the county is Mszczonów, lying 11 km (7 mi) south-east of Żyrardów.
Mazovian Voivodeship or Mazovia Province is the largest and most populous of the 16 Polish provinces, or voivodeships, created in 1999. It occupies 35,579 square kilometres (13,737 sq mi) of east-central Poland, and has 5,324,500 inhabitants. Its principal cities are Warsaw in the centre of the Warsaw metropolitan area, Radom (226,000) in the south, Płock (127,000) in the west, Siedlce (77,000) in the east, and Ostrołęka (55,000) in the north. The capital of the voivodeship is the national capital, Warsaw.
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The gmina covers an area of 150.94 square kilometres (58.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 9,298.
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Bolimów Landscape Park.
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international organizations involved.
Bolimów Landscape Park is a protected area in central Poland, established in 1986, covering an area of 231.3 square kilometres (89.3 sq mi).
