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Gmina Ostrzeszów is an urban-rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Ostrzeszów County
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Ostrzeszów County ( pl, powiat ostrzeszowski) 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 loca ...
,
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
Ostrzeszów
Ostrzeszów (german: Schildberg, 1943-45: Schildberg im Wartheland) is a town in central Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the capital of Ostrzeszów County. The population in 2006 was 14,536 inhabitants. The town is situated aroun ...
, which lies approximately south-east 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 23,346 (out of which the population of Ostrzeszów amounts to 14,536, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,810).
Villages
Apart from the town of Ostrzeszów, Gmina Ostrzeszów contains the villages and settlements of
Bledzianów,
Jesiona,
Kochłowy,
Korpysy,
Kotowskie,
Kozły,
Królewskie,
Kuźniki,
Marydół,
Myje,
Niedźwiedź,
Olszyna
Olszyna (german: Langenöls) is a town in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its name means "alder wood" in Polish. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Olszyna. A settlement dati ...
,
Ostrzeszów-Pustkowie,
Potaśnia,
Rejmanka,
Rogaszyce,
Rojów,
Siedlików,
Szklarka Myślniewska,
Szklarka Przygodzicka,
Turze and
Zajączki.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Ostrzeszów is bordered by the gminas of
Doruchów,
Grabów nad Prosną
Grabów nad Prosną (german: Grabow, 1940-45 Altwerder) is a town in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with about 1,900 inhabitants.
Notable persons
* Teofil Ciesielski (1847-1916), botanist and beekeeper, professor of bo ...
,
Kępno
Kępno (german: Kempen in Posen) is a town in south-central Poland. It lies on the outskirts of the Greater Poland Voivodeship, bordering the historical region of Silesia and the Łódź Voivodeship. As of December 31, 2009 Kępno had a populati ...
,
Kobyla Góra,
Mikstat,
Przygodzice and
Sośnie.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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