__NOTOC__ Gmina Skwierzyna 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

Międzyrzecz County __NOTOC__ Międzyrzecz County ( pl, Powiat międzyrzecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government ...

Lubusz Voivodeship Lubusz Voivodeship, or Lubuskie Province ( pl, województwo lubuskie ), is a voivodeship (province) in western Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra Voivodeships, pursuant to the Po ...

, in western

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. Its seat is the town of

Skwierzyna Skwierzyna (german: Schwerin an der Warthe) is a town of 9,671 inhabitants (2019) in Lubusz Voivodeship in western Poland, the administrative seat of the Gmina Skwierzyna. It is located at the confluence of the Obra and Warta rivers, about nort ...

, which lies approximately north of

Międzyrzecz Międzyrzecz (; la, Meserici, german: link=no, Meseritz) is a town in western Poland, on the Obra and Paklica river, with 17,667 inhabitants (2020). The capital of Gmina Międzyrzecz and Międzyrzecz County. Since the Local Government Reorganiz ...

and south-east of

Gorzów Wielkopolski Gorzów Wielkopolski (; german: Landsberg an der Warthe) often abbreviated to Gorzów Wlkp. or simply Gorzów, is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river. It is the second largest city in the Lubusz Voivodeship with 120,087 inhabitants (Decemb ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 12,178.

Villages

Apart from the town of Skwierzyna, Gmina Skwierzyna contains the villages and settlements of Dobrojewo, Gościnowo, Jezierce, Kijewice, Krobielewko, Murzynowo, Murzynowo-Łomno, Nowy Dwór, Rakowo, Skrzynica, Świniary, Trzebiszewo, Warcin and Wiejce.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Skwierzyna is bordered by the gminas of

Bledzew Bledzew (german: Blesen) is a village and former town in Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bledzew. Geography The settlement lies on the western rim of ...

, Deszczno,

Drezdenko Drezdenko (; german: Driesen) is a town in western Poland, in Lubusz Voivodeship, in Strzelce-Drezdenko County. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 9,804. History The area was a site of a border fort of the medieval Polish state. ...

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Przytoczna Przytoczna (German: ''Prittisch'') is a village in Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Przytoczna. It lies approximately north of Międzyrzecz, south-ea ...

and

Santok Santok (german: Zantoch) is a village in Gorzów County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Santok. Geography It is located at the confluence of the Noteć and Warta rive ...

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Skwierzyna is twinned with: *

Bernau bei Berlin Bernau bei Berlin (English ''Bernau by Berlin'', commonly named Bernau) is a German town in the Barnim district. The town is located about northeast of Berlin. History Archaeological excavations of Mesolithic-era sites indicate that this area has ...

, Germany * Durbe, Latvia *

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, Germany *

, Poland

References

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Międzyrzecz County