Gmina Baćkowice


Gmina Baćkowice
Baćkowice Commune
Coordinates (Baćkowice): 50°47′45″N 21°13′54″E / 50.79583°N 21.23167°E / 50.79583; 21.23167
Country Poland
VoivodeshipŚwiętokrzyskie
CountyOpatów
SeatBaćkowice
Area
  Total
96.25 km2 (37.16 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
  Total
5,177
  Density54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Websitehttp://www.backowice-gmina.pl/

Gmina Baćkowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Baćkowice, which lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of Opatów and 45 km (28 mi) east of the regional capital Kielce.

The gmina covers an area of 96.25 square kilometres (37.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,177.

The gmina contains part of the protected area called Jeleniowska Landscape Park.