__NOTOC__ Gmina Czempiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in

Kościan County __NOTOC__ Kościan County ( pl, powiat kościański) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local go ...

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, in west-central

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. Its seat is the town of

Czempiń Czempiń is a town in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 4,921. History As part of the region of Greater Poland, i.e. the cradle of the Polish state, the area formed part of P ...

, which lies approximately north-east of

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and south of the regional capital

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. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,259 (out of which the population of Czempiń amounts to 5,135, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,124). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chłapowski Landscape Park.

Villages

Apart from the town of Czempiń, Gmina Czempiń contains the villages and settlements of Betkowo, Bieczyny, Borowo, Donatowo, Głuchowo, Gorzyce, Gorzyczki, Helenopol, Jarogniewice, Jasień, Maruszkowo, Nowe Borówko, Nowe Tarnowo, Nowy Gołębin, Piechanin, Piotrkowice, Piotrowo Drugie, Piotrowo Pierwsze, Rakówka, Roszkowo, Sierniki, Słonin, Srocko Wielkie, Stare Tarnowo, Stary Gołębin and Zadory.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Czempiń is bordered by the gminas of

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and

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References

Polish official population figures 2006
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