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 south of Radomsko and south of the regional capital Łódź.

The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,610.

Gmina Gidle

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.

Gmina Gidle

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.

Gmina Gidle

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.

References

Gidle

Radomsko County

Massacres in Poland

Germany–Poland relations

World War II crimes in Poland