Gmina Wieluń

Gmina Wieluń
	Gmina Wieluń
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Łódź
Powiat :	Wieluń
Geographic location :	51 ° 13 '  N , 18 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 13 '0 "  N , 18 ° 34' 0"  E
Residents :	s. Gmina
Postal code :	98-300
Telephone code :	(+48) 43
License plate :	EWI
Economy and Transport
Street :	DK 8 / E 67 Wroclaw - Warsaw
	DK 45
	DK43
Rail route :	Herby-Oels
Next international airport :	Łódź Airport
Gmina
Gminatype:	Urban-and-rural parish
Gmina structure:	20 school offices
Surface:	131.20 km²
Residents:	31,566 (Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density :	241 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ):	1017093
Administration (as of 2013)
Mayor :	Paweł Okrasa
Address:	pl. Kazimierza Wielkiego 1 98-300 Wieluń
Website :	www.um.wielun.pl

The Gmina Wieluń [ ˈvʲɛluɲ ] is an urban-and-rural municipality in the Łódź Voivodeship in Poland . The seat of the municipality and the powiat Wieluń is the city ​​of the same name ( German Welun ) with almost 23,000 inhabitants.

geography

The Wyżyna Wieluńska karst area is part of the municipality.

history

The city of Wieluń became famous for the extensive destruction with 1200 civilian casualties by German dive bombers at the beginning of the Second World War .

structure

The town-and-country municipality (gmina miejsko-wiejska) Wieluń consists of the eponymous town and 20 villages with a school district office ( sołectwo ). During the time of the German occupation, the villages were given German names:

Bieniądzice Borowiec Dąbrowa (1943–1945 Eichenbrück ) Gaszyn (1943–1945 Gaschen ) Jodłowiec Kadłub (1943–1945 Rumpfeck ) Kurów (1943–1945 Kurfeld )

Małyszyn Masłowice (1943–1945 Mooswiese ) Niedzielsko (1943–1945 Meinhardsdorf ) Nowy Świat (1943–1945 Neuewelt ) Olewin (1943–1945 Olafhof ) Ruda (1943–1945 Erzhübel ) Rychłowice (1943–1945 Reichenwiese )

Sieniec Srebrnica Starzenice (1943-1945 Altweide ) Turów (1943–1945 Urbach ) Urbanice Widoradz

Other localities in the municipality are:

Berlinek Błonie Bugaj Chodaki Chrusty Grodzisko Gryfówek Józefów Karbanów Kazimierz Kijak

Klusiny Kolonia Dąbrowska Krajków Krzyżówka Ludwina Łęg Małyszynek Mokrosze (1943–1945 Mockersfeld ) Murowaniec Osice Piaski

Podszubienice Porąbki Pustkowie Śliwa Widoradz Dolny Widoradz Górny Wydmuchowie Zwiechy Źródła

Partner communities and city friendship

• Adelebsen , Germany
• Osterburg , Germany
• Ochtrup , Germany

Web links

Commons : Gmina Wieluń  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Municipality website (Polish)

Footnotes

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 . 
2. ↑ KDR large and single sheets: Gb 106 Welun-Rosenberg OS-Czestochowa. (XI.1944)
3. ↑ City friendship makes an important contribution , Volksstimme , September 2, 2014
4. ↑ Maximilian Stascheit: Remembering at dawn: Ochtrup delegation takes part in commemoration in Wieluń, Poland , Westfälische Nachrichten , September 2, 2014