Gmina Lutowiska

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Gmina Lutowiska
Coat of arms of Gmina Lutowiska
Gmina Lutowiska (Poland)
Gmina Lutowiska
Gmina Lutowiska
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Subcarpathian
Powiat : Bieszczadzki
Geographic location : 49 ° 15 '  N , 22 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 15 '4 "  N , 22 ° 41' 45"  E
Residents : see Gmina
Postal code : 38-713
Telephone code : (+48) 013
Gmina
Gminatype: Rural community
Gmina structure: 7 school offices
Surface: 475.85 km²
Residents: 2095
(June 30, 2019)
Population density : 4 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ): 1801052
administration
Community leader : Krzysztof Mróz
Address: Lutowiska 14
Lutowiska
Website : www.lutowiska.pl



The Gmina Lutowiska is a rural municipality in the powiat Bieszczadzki of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship in Poland . Their seat is the village of the same name with about 750 inhabitants.

geography

With an area of ​​476 km², the rural community is one of the largest communities in the country, 82 percent of which is forested. It is located in the San Valley on the northern edge of the Bieszczady (Beskids) , a low mountain range of the Carpathian Arc . Parts of their area belong to the Bieszczady National Park established in 1973 .

history

From 1944 to 1951 the area was part of the Soviet Union and was called Shevchenko / Шевченко. It was returned to Poland as part of a large area exchange . The community was then called Gmina Szewczenko until 1957 .

structure

The rural community has 2200 inhabitants and is divided into seven villages with school offices :

Chmiel, Dwernik, Lutowiska , Smolnik , Stuposiany, Ustrzyki Górne with Wołosate and Zatwarnica.

economy

The administration of the national park is located in Ustrzyki Górne. Particular emphasis is placed on environmental education and the development of sustainable tourism. Tourist resorts with numerous accommodation quarters have emerged since 1973 . There are twelve nature trails in the Lutowiska municipality as well as hiking, riding and cycling trails. A ski lift is used for winter sports. Hiking destinations are the high pastures and peaks of the Beskydy Mountains. In the upper Santal also a stud is to breed Hutsul -Pferden.

Sights and nature

  • Bieszczady National Park
  • Lutowiska Jewish Cemetery
  • Orthodox church from 1791 in Smolnik
  • Catholic Church of St. Stanislaus in Lutowiska, built 1911–1923.

Web links

Commons : Gmina Lutowiska  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. 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 .