Gmina Brzostek

Gmina Brzostek
Brzostek Commune
Gmina

Coat of arms
Gmina Brzostek
Coordinates (Brzostek): 49°52′56″N 21°24′26″E / 49.88222°N 21.40722°E / 49.88222; 21.40722Coordinates: 49°52′56″N 21°24′26″E / 49.88222°N 21.40722°E / 49.88222; 21.40722
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Subcarpathian
County Dębica
Seat Brzostek
Area
  Total 122.62 km2 (47.34 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Total 13,022
  Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Website http://www.brzostek.alpha.pl

Gmina Brzostek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Brzostek. (Brzostek gained town status on 1 January 2009 – prior to that the district was classed as a rural gmina.)

The gmina covers an area of 122.62 square kilometres (47.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 13,022, out of which the population of Brzostek is 2,597.

The gmina contains part of the protected area called Czarnorzeki-Strzyżów Landscape Park.

Villages

Apart from the town of Brzostek, the gmina contains the villages and settlements of Bączałka, Bukowa, Głobikówka, Gorzejowa, Grudna Dolna, Grudna Górna, Januszkowice, Kamienica Dolna, Kamienica Górna, Klecie, Nawsie Brzosteckie, Opacionka, Przeczyca, Siedliska-Bogusz, Skurowa, Smarżowa, Wola Brzostecka and Zawadka Brzostecka.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Brzostek is bordered by the gminas of Brzyska, Dębica, Frysztak, Jodłowa, Kołaczyce, Pilzno and Wielopole Skrzyńskie.

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