Gmina Wąchock
Gmina Wąchock | ||
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Basic data | ||
State : | Poland | |
Voivodeship : | Holy Cross | |
Powiat : | Starachowicki | |
Geographic location : | 51 ° 5 ' N , 21 ° 1' E | |
Residents : | s. Gmina | |
Postal code : | 27-215 | |
Telephone code : | (+48) 41 | |
License plate : | TST | |
Economy and Transport | ||
Street : | Skarżysko-Kamienna - Starachowice | |
Rail route : | Skarżysko-Kamienna – Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski | |
Next international airport : | Łódź-Lublinek | |
Gmina | ||
Gminatype: | Urban-and-rural parish | |
Gmina structure: | 9 localities | |
Surface: | 81.82 km² | |
Residents: | 6802 (June 30, 2019) |
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Population density : | 83 inhabitants / km² | |
Community number ( GUS ): | 2611053 | |
Administration (as of 2006) | ||
Mayor : | Jarosław Samela | |
Address: | ul. Wielkowiejska 1 27-215 Wąchock |
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Website : | www.wachock.pl |
The Gmina Wąchock is an urban-and-rural municipality in the powiat Starachowicki in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship in Poland . Its seat is the city of the same name with about 2800 inhabitants.
geography
The municipality borders the district town of Starachowice in the east . To the waters belonging Vistula inflow Kamienna .
history
From 1975 to 1998 the municipality was part of the Kielce Voivodeship . In 1994 Wąchock received the 1870 but knew the city rights back and the church got its current status.
structure
The following villages belong to the urban and rural community of Wąchock:
Ciecierówka, Marcinków, Marcinków Górny, Parszów, Rataje, Wielka Wieś, Węglów and Wymysłów.
Others
The main town of the municipality is known nationwide for the jokes about its inhabitants, the Polish equivalent of the East Frisian jokes in Germany.
Web links
- City and municipality website (Polish)
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 .