Gmina Aleksandrów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Aleksandrów, which lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) south-east of Biłgoraj and 91 km (57 mi) south of the regional capital Lublin.
Gmina Aleksandrów
Aleksandrów Commune | |
|---|---|
 Location within the county and voivodeship | |
| Coordinates (Aleksandrów): 50°27′52″N 22°54′22″E / 50.46444°N 22.90611°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Biłgoraj |
| Seat | Aleksandrów |
| Area | |
• Total | 54.26 km2 (20.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 3,184 |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Website | http://www.ealeksandrow.pl/ [1][2] |
The gmina covers an area of 54.26 square kilometres (20.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,184.[3]
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Puszcza Solska Landscape Park.
Villages
editGmina Aleksandrów contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Margole, Podlas and Sigła.
Neighbouring gminas
editGmina Aleksandrów is bordered by the gminas of Biłgoraj, Józefów, Księżpol, Łukowa and Tereszpol.
Massacres during Second World War
editThe area was the site of five massacres of Poles by German soldiers during the Second World War, in the village of Aleksandrów: August 1942, February, June and August 1943 and July 1944. On 6 July 1944 the largest massacre occurred. Between 444 and 446 people were murdered and 100 buildings burned down by the Germans, while 2500 people were sent to concentration camps.[4]
References
edit- ^ Cetler, Komunix Sp. z o.o. -> Maciej. "BIP: Urząd Gminy Aleksandrów". Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej (in Polish). Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ "Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej - Urząd Gminy Aleksandrów". Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ Polish official population figures 2006 Archived May 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Eksterminacja ludności w Polsce w czasie okupacji niemieckiej 1939–1945", Poznań-Warsaw 1962 page 230–235