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The aim of the paper is to compare the Lubelskie voivodship rural local governments in terms of their socio-economic development level by the use of taxonomic methods. Synthetic indexes for all rural gminas of Lubelskie voivodship were formed, on the base of statistical data collected by the Regional Data Bank, in four different areas: technical infrastructure, life quality of the local society, demographic, economic potential and work conditions. The indexes allowed to compare the developed potential selected communities.