Gmina Gidle Gidle Commune
Gmina
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Coordinates (Gidle): 50°57′N 19°28′E / 50.950°N 19.467°E / 50.950; 19.467
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Łódź
County	Radomsko
Seat	Gidle
Area
• Total	116.32 km2 (44.91 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	6,610
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Website	http://gidle.pl/

Gmina Gidle is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gidle, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) south of Radomsko and 93 km (58 mi) south of the regional capital Łódź.

The gmina covers an area of 116.32 square kilometres (44.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,610.^[1]

Massacre during Second World War

During the German invasion of Poland in 1939, Wehrmacht soldiers murdered 72 civilians from the villages in the region by shooting and throwing people into fire. The murdered included infants, children, the elderly and women.^[2]

Villages

The gmina contains the following villages having the status of sołectwo: Borowa, Ciężkowice, Chrostowa, Gidle, Gowarzów, Górka, Graby, Kajetanowice, Kotfin, Ludwików, Michałopol, Piaski, Pławno, Ruda, Stanisławice, Stęszów, Włynice, Wojnowice, Wygoda, Zabrodzie and Zagórze.

There are also 11 villages without sołectwo status: Młynek, Huby Kotfińskie, Niesulów, Skrzypiec, Borki, Spalastry, Górki-Kolonia, Lasek-Kolonia, Zielonka, Strzała, Ojrzeń.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Gidle is bordered by the gminas of Dąbrowa Zielona, Kłomnice, Kobiele Wielkie, Kruszyna, Radomsko and Żytno.