Gmina Stąporków

Gmina Stąporków
Stąporków Commune
Coordinates (Stąporków): 51°9′N 20°33′E / 51.150°N 20.550°E / 51.150; 20.550
Country Poland
VoivodeshipŚwiętokrzyskie
CountyKońskie
SeatStąporków
Area
  Total
231.41 km2 (89.35 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
  Total
18,313
  Density79/km2 (200/sq mi)
  Urban
5,986
  Rural
12,327
Websitehttp://www.staporkow.pl

Gmina Stąporków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Końskie County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stąporków, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of Końskie and 30 km (19 mi) north of the regional capital Kielce.

The gmina covers an area of 231.41 square kilometres (89.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 18,313 (out of which the population of Stąporków amounts to 5,986, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,327).

The gmina contains part of the protected area called Suchedniów-Oblęgorek Landscape Park.