| Gmina Jeżowe Jeżowe Commune | |||
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| Gmina | |||
Gmina Jeżowe Office | |||
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| Coordinates(Jeżowe): 50°22′31″N22°8′36″E / 50.37528°N 22.14333°E Coordinates: 50°22′31″N22°8′36″E / 50.37528°N 22.14333°E | |||
| Country |  | ||
| Voivodeship | Subcarpathian | ||
| County | Nisko | ||
| Seat | Jeżowe | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 123.77 km2 (47.79 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2013 [1] ) | |||
| • Total | 10,148 | ||
| • Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) | ||
| Website | http://gmina-jezowe.pl | ||
Gmina Jeżowe is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Nisko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Jeżowe, which lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of Nisko and 40 km (25 mi) north of the regional capital Rzeszów.
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".
Nisko County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Nisko, which lies 57 kilometres (35 mi) north of the regional capital Rzeszów. The county also contains the towns of Rudnik nad Sanem, lying 13 km (8 mi) south-east of Nisko, and Ulanów, 11 km (7 mi) east of Nisko.
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country located in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative subdivisions, covering an area of 312,696 square kilometres (120,733 sq mi), and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With a population of approximately 38.5 million people, Poland is the sixth most populous member state of the European Union. Poland's capital and largest metropolis is Warsaw. Other major cities include Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin.
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The gmina covers an area of 123.77 square kilometres (47.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 9,871 (10,148 in 2013).
