Gmina Wąchock

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


image_shield = POL Wąchock COA.svg


subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Świętokrzyskie
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Starachowice
area_total_km2 = 81.84
population_total = 6972
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 2760
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 4212
coor_type = Wąchock
latd = 51
latm = 4
lats = 27
latNS = N
longd = 21
longm = 0
longs = 49
longEW = E
seat = Wąchock
website = http://www.wachock.pl __NOTOC__Gmina Wąchock is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Starachowice County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wąchock, which lies approximately convert|5|km|mi|0 north-west of Starachowice and convert|35|km|mi|0|abbr=on north-east of the regional capital Kielce.

The gmina covers an area of convert|81.84|km2|sqmi|1, and as of 2006 its total population is 6,972 (out of which the population of Wąchock amounts to 2,760, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,212).

The gmina contains part of the protected area called Sieradowice Landscape Park.

Villages

Apart from the town of Wąchock, Gmina Wąchock contains the villages and settlements of Marcinków, Parszów, Rataje, Węglów and Wielka Wieś.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wąchock is bordered by the towns of Skarżysko-Kamienna and Starachowice, and by the gminas of Bodzentyn, Brody, Mirzec, Pawłów, Skarżysko Kościelne and Suchedniów.

References

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