Gmina Chojnów
Gmina Chojnów | ||
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Basic data | ||
State : | Poland | |
Voivodeship : | Lower Silesia | |
Powiat : | Legnicki | |
Geographic location : | 51 ° 16 ′ N , 15 ° 56 ′ E | |
Residents : | see Gmina | |
Postal code : | 59-225 | |
Telephone code : | (+48) 76 | |
License plate : | DLE | |
Gmina | ||
Gminatype: | Rural community | |
Gmina structure: | 26 villages | |
23 school authorities | ||
Surface: | 231.21 km² | |
Residents: | 9634 (June 30, 2019) |
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Population density : | 42 inhabitants / km² | |
Community number ( GUS ): | 0209022 | |
Administration (as of 2015) | ||
Mayor : | Andrzej Pyrz | |
Address: | ul. Fabryczna 1 59-225 Chojnów |
The Gmina Chojnów is a rural municipality ( gmina wiejska ) in the powiat Legnicki in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship , Poland . Its administrative seat is in the city of Chojnów ( German Haynau ), which, however, does not belong to the rural community.
geography
The Gmina is located in the southwestern part of the Silesian Plain on the rivers Czarna Woda ( Black Water ) and Skora ( Rapid Deichsa ). It has an area of 231.21 km². 68% of the municipal area is used for agriculture, 20% is covered with forest.
history
From 1988 to 1991 Chojnów was an urban and rural municipality ( gmina miejsko-wiejska ).
From 1975 to 1998 the municipality was part of the Legnica Voivodeship .
Community structure
The rural community of Chojnów, to which the town does not belong, is divided into 23 Sołectwa ( school offices ). ( German names until 1945 )
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Personalities from the community
- Gustav von Senden-Bibran (1847–1909), Vice Admiral of the German Imperial Navy , circumnavigator, born in Rokitki
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Website of the community ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Dz.U. 1975 no 17 poz. 92 (Polish) (PDF; 802 kB)
- ↑ Districts of the rural community Chojnów ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Polish)
- ↑ The Genealogical Place Directory