Gmina Wąchock
Gmina Wąchock
Wąchock Commune | |
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| Coordinates (Wąchock): 51°4′27″N 21°0′49″E / 51.07417°N 21.01361°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Świętokrzyskie |
| County | Starachowice |
| Seat | Wąchock |
| Area | |
• Total | 81.84 km2 (31.60 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 6,972 |
| • Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,760 |
| • Rural | 4,212 |
| Website | http://www.wachock.pl |
Gmina Wąchock is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Starachowice County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wąchock, which lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-west of Starachowice and 35 km (22 mi) north-east of the regional capital Kielce.
The gmina covers an area of 81.84 square kilometres (31.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,972 (out of which the population of Wąchock amounts to 2,760, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,212).
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Sieradowice Landscape Park.