Gmina Adamów, Zamość County Explained

Gmina Adamów
Other Name:Adamów Commune
Settlement Type:Gmina
Total Type:Total
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lublin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Zamość County
Area Total Km2:110.55
Population Total:4414
Population As Of:2013[1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Coor Pinpoint:Adamów
Coordinates:50.5953°N 23.1533°W
Seat:Adamów
Postal Code:21-412
Registration Plate:LLU
Website:http://adamow.gmina.pl/ [2]

Gmina Adamów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Adamów, which lies approximately 16km (10miles) south-west of Zamość and 840NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Lublin.

The gmina covers an area of 110.55km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 5,058 (4,871 in 2013).

History

In the area there is a large park from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with wooden manor houses and a historical chapel from the nineteenth century.

During the Second World War, the commune of Adamów was an area of very lively partisan activity. Bondyrz was pacified three times by the Germans and today has a unique museum of the history of the World Association of Home Army Soldiers.

The armed uprising took place on 30 December 1942 in the town of Wojda. That date was considered to be the beginning of the Zamość uprising, which lasted until 25 July 1944.[3]

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Adamów is bordered by the gminas of Krasnobród, Krynice, Łabunie, Zamość and Zwierzyniec.

Public administration

As of 2024 the mayor is Krzysztof Pilip. The office is located at Adamów 11b, 22-442 Adamów[4]

Villages

The gmina contains the following villages with the status of sołectwo:

Adamów,

Bliżów

Bondyrz

Boża Wola

Bródki

Bondyrz

Feliksówka

Grabnik

Jacnia

Malinówka

Potoczek

Rachodoszcze

Suchowola

Suchowola-Kolonia

Szewnia Dolna

Szewnia Górna

Trzepieciny

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://stat.gov.pl/en/topics/statistical-yearbooks/statistical-yearbooks/demographic-yearbook-of-poland-2014,3,8.html Demographic Yearbook of Poland 2014
  2. Web site: BIP: Urząd Gminy Adamów. Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej. 23 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150917135021/http://www.bip.gov.pl/subjects/16483%2CUrz%C4%85d+Gminy+Adam%C3%B3w.html. 17 September 2015. Polish. dead.
  3. Web site: Z kart historii - O Gminie - Gmina Adamów . 2024-10-22 . adamow.gmina.pl . pl.
  4. Web site: Gmina Adamów . 2024-10-22 . adamow.gmina.pl . pl.