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

Chodzież County __NOTOC__ Chodzież County ( pl, powiat chodzieski) 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 gov ...

Greater Poland Voivodeship Greater Poland Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo wielkopolskie; ), also known as Wielkopolska Voivodeship, Wielkopolska Province, or Greater Poland Province, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 ...

, in west-central

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

. Its seat is the town of

Margonin Margonin (german: Margonin) is a town in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,941 inhabitants (2004). History Margonin dates back to the 7th century, and in the 9th–12th it was a defensive stronghold, which became p ...

, which lies approximately east of

Chodzież Chodzież (german: Kolmar in Posen) is a town in northwestern Poland with 17,976 inhabitants as of December 2021. Situated in the Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Piła Voivodeship (1975–1998). Geograp ...

and north of the regional capital

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,414 (out of which the population of Margonin amounts to 2,956, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,458).

Villages

Apart from the town of Margonin, Gmina Margonin contains the villages and settlements of Adolfowo, Bugaj, Dębiniec,

Karolinka Karolinka(until 1951 Karolinina Huť; german: Charlottenhütte) is a town in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,400 inhabitants. Etymology The name is a Czech diminutive form of woman name Caroline. It wa ...

, Klaudia, Klotyldzin, Kowalewo, Lipiniec, Lipiny, Marcinek, Margońska Wieś,

Młynary Młynary (german: Mühlhausen in Ostpreußen) is a town in northern Poland, in Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, with 1,782 inhabitants (2018). This makes it the smallest of the 49 towns in the voivodeship. History The town was fo ...

, Próchnowo, Radwanki, Studźce, Sułaszewo, Sypniewo, Tereska, Witkowice, Zbyszewice and Żoń.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Margonin is bordered by the gminas of Budzyń,

Gołańcz Gołańcz (german: Gollantsch) is a town in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,349 inhabitants (2004). History Gołańcz was first mentioned in a document from 1222. It was granted town rights in the 14th century. I ...

, Szamocin and

Wągrowiec (german: Wongrowitz) is a town in west-central Poland, from both Poznań and Bydgoszcz. Since the 18th century it has been the a seat of a powiat. Administratively it is attached to the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The town is situated in the m ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006
{{Chodzież County

Chodzież County