__NOTOC__ Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce is an urban-rural

gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...

(administrative district) in

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, in west-central

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. In 1999 the administrative seat of the gmina was moved from the town of

Nowe Skalmierzyce Nowe Skalmierzyce (german: Neu Skalmierschütz, 1943-45 Kalmen) is a town and its surrounding municipality in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. The town has a population of 5,093 (2006 est.), while t ...

to the adjoining locality of Skalmierzyce, which is officially classed as a village. (This is now the only urban-rural gmina in Poland to have its seat outside the town; until 2009 it shared that status with ''Gmina Święta Katarzyna'', now Gmina Siechnice.) The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,169 (out of which the population of Nowe Skalmierzyce is 5,080, and the population of the remainder of the gmina is 10,089). Skalmierzyce lies approximately east of

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and south-east of the regional capital

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Villages

Apart from Skalmierzyce and Nowe Skalmierzyce, the gmina also contains the villages and settlements of Biskupice, Biskupice Ołoboczne, Boczków, Chotów, Czachory, Droszew, Fabianów, Gałązki Małe, Gałązki Wielkie, Głóski, Gniazdów, Gostyczyna, Kościuszków, Kotowiecko,

Kurów Kurów () is a village in south-eastern Poland, located in the historic province of Lesser Poland, between Puławy and Lublin, on the Kurówka River. It is capital of a separate gmina (municipality) called Gmina Kurów, within Lublin Voivodesh ...

, Leziona, Mączniki, Miedzianów, Ociąż, Osiek, Pawłów, Pawłówek, Śliwniki, Śmiłów, Strzegowa, Trkusów, Węgry and Żakowice.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce is bordered by the city of

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and by the gminas of

Godziesze Wielkie Godziesze Wielkie is a village in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Godziesze Wielkie. It lies approximately south-east of Kalisz and south-east ...

, Gołuchów,

and

Sieroszewice Sieroszewice () is a village in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Sieroszewice. It lies approximately east of Ostrów Wielkopolski a ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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