Gmina Aleksandrów, Lublin Voivodeship

Infobox Settlement
name = Gmina Aleksandrów
other_name = Aleksandrów Commune
settlement_type = Gmina
total_type = Total


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map_caption = Location within the county and voivodeship
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lublin
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Biłgoraj
area_total_km2 = 54.26
population_total = 3184
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
coor_type = Aleksandrów
latd = 50
latm = 27
lats = 52
latNS = N
longd = 22
longm = 54
longs = 22
longEW = E
seat = Aleksandrów
website = http://www.aleksandrow.netbip.pl/__NOTOC__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 convert|16|km|mi|0 south-east of Biłgoraj and convert|91|km|mi|0|abbr=on south of the regional capital Lublin.

The gmina covers an area of convert|54.26|km2|sqmi|1, and as of 2006 its total population is 3,184. [ [http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm Polish official population figures 2006] ]

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

Villages

Gmina Aleksandrów contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Margole, Podlas and Sigła.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Aleksandrów is bordered by the gminas of Biłgoraj, Józefów, Księżpol, Łukowa and Tereszpol.

Massacres during Second World War

The 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. ["Eksterminacja ludności w Polsce w czasie okupacji niemieckiej 1939-1945", Poznań-Warsaw 1962 page 230-235]

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