| Gmina Zwierzyniec Zwierzyniec Commune | ||
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| Coordinates(Zwierzyniec): 50°37′N22°58′E / 50.617°N 22.967°E Coordinates: 50°37′N22°58′E / 50.617°N 22.967°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | Lublin | |
| County | Zamość County | |
| Seat | Zwierzyniec | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 156.78 km2 (60.53 sq mi) | |
| Population (2013 [1] ) | ||
| • Total | 7,067 | |
| • Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 3,347 | |
| • Rural | 3,720 | |
| Website | http://www.zwierzyniec.info.pl | |
Gmina Zwierzyniec is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Zwierzyniec, which lies approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) south-west of Zamość and 76 km (47 mi) south 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".
Zamość 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 is the city of Zamość, although the city is not part of the county. The county contains three towns: Szczebrzeszyn, which lies 21 km (13 mi) west of Zamość, Zwierzyniec, which lies 24 km (15 mi) south-west of Zamość, and Krasnobród, 22 km (14 mi) south of Zamość.
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 156.78 square kilometres (60.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,251 (out of which the population of Zwierzyniec amounts to 3,344, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,907).
