Gmina Gidle

Infobox Settlement
name = Gmina Gidle
other_name = Gidle Commune
settlement_type = Gmina
total_type = Total

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image_shield = GidleCOA.gif


subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Łódź
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Radomsko
area_total_km2 = 116.32
population_total = 6610
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
coor_type = Gidle
latd = 50
latm = 57
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 19
longm = 28
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Gidle
website = http://gidle.pl/ __NOTOC__Gmina Gidle is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gidle, which lies approximately convert|13|km|mi|0 south of Radomsko and convert|93|km|mi|0|abbr=on south of the regional capital Łódź.

The gmina covers an area of convert|116.32|km2|sqmi|1, and as of 2006 its total population is 6,610. [ [http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm Polish official population figures 2006] ]

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Gidle is bordered by the gminas of Dąbrowa Zielona, Kłomnice, Kobiele Wielkie, Kruszyna, Radomsko and Żytno.

Massacre during Second World War

During the German invasion of Poland in 1939, Wehrmacht soldiers murdered 72 civilians from the villages in the region, by shooting and throwing people into fire. The murdered included infants, children, elderly and women. [Szymon Datner "55 dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce" page 267]

Villages

The gmina contains the following villages having the status of sołectwo: Borowa, Ciężkowice, Chrostowa, Gidle, Gowarzów, Górka, Graby, Kajetanowice, Kotfin, Ludwików, Michałopol, Piaski, Pławno, Ruda, Stanisławice, Stęszów, Włynice, Wojnowice, Wygoda, Zabrodzie and Zagórze.

There are also 11 villages without sołectwo status: Młynek, Huby Kotfińskie, Niesulów, Skrzypiec, Borki, Spalastry, Górki-Kolonia, Lasek-Kolonia, Zielonka, Strzała, Ojrzeń.

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