Gmina Józefów

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


image_shield = POL Józefów COA.svg


subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lublin
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Biłgoraj
area_total_km2 = 126.46
population_total = 7266
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 2450
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 4816
coor_type = Józefów
latd = 50
latm = 29
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 23
longm = 3
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Józefów
website = http://www.ejozefow.pl __NOTOC__Gmina Józefów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Józefów, which lies approximately convert|24|km|mi|0 east of Biłgoraj and convert|92|km|mi|0|abbr=on south of the regional capital Lublin.

The gmina covers an area of convert|126.46|km2|sqmi|1, and as of 2006 its total population is 7,266 (out of which the population of Józefów amounts to 2,450, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,816).

The gmina contains parts of the protected areas called Krasnobród Landscape Park and Puszcza Solska Landscape Park.

Villages

Apart from the town of Józefów, Gmina Józefów contains the villages and settlements of Borowina, Brzeziny, Czarny Las-Kolonia, Długi Kąt, Florianka, Górecko Kościelne, Górecko Stare, Hamernia, Majdan Kasztelański, Majdan Nepryski, Samsonówka, Siedliska, Stanisławów, Szopowe and Tarnowola.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Józefów is bordered by the gminas of Aleksandrów, Krasnobród, Łukowa, Susiec, Tereszpol and Zwierzyniec.

References

* [http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm Polish official population figures 2006]