__NOTOC__ Gmina Stęszew 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

Poznań County Poznań County ( pl, powiat poznański) 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 government ref ...

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, 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 populous ...

. Its seat is the town of

Stęszew Stęszew (german: Stenschewo, 1939-1945: ''Seenbrück'') is a town in western Poland, with 5,248 inhabitants (2004). It is located in Poznań County, within the Greater Poland Voivodeship. History Stęszew was once an important stop in a trade ...

, which lies approximately south-west 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 John ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,919 (out of which the population of Stęszew amounts to 5,339, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,580).

Villages

Apart from the town of Stęszew, Gmina Stęszew contains the villages and settlements of

Będlewo Będlewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stęszew, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Stęszew and south-west of the regional capital Poznań. It is th ...

, Dębienko,

Dębno Dębno (german: Neudamm) is a town in Myślibórz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship in western Poland. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 13,443. After the Migration Period, the area was populated by West Slavic peoples since t ...

, Drogosławiec, Drożdżyce, Górka, Jeziorki, Krąplewo,

Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...

, Mirosławki,

Modrze Modrze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stęszew, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Stęszew and south-west of the regional capital Poznań ...

, Piekary, Rybojedzko, Sapowice, Skrzynki,

Słupia Słupia () is a river in north-western Poland, a tributary of the Baltic Sea, with a length of 138 kilometres and the basin area of 1,623 km². Towns: * Słupsk * Ustka See also: Rivers of Poland, List of rivers of Europe This articl ...

, Smętówko, Srocko Małe, Strykówko, Strykowo, Tomice, Tomiczki, Trzebaw, Twardowo, Wielka Wieś, Witobel, Wronczyn, Zamysłowo and Zaparcin.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Stęszew is bordered by the gminas of Buk,

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 ...

Dopiewo Dopiewo is a village in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Dopiewo. It lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. History During Wo ...

, Granowo, Kamieniec,

Komorniki Komorniki is a village in Poland, located in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poznań County, Gmina Komorniki (Poznań metropolitan area), with approximately 5,500 inhabitants. The gmina (municipality) of Komorniki, including the village of Komornik ...

Kościan Kościan (german: Kosten) is a town on the Obra canal in west-central Poland, with a population of 23 952 inhabitants as of June 2014. Situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Leszno Voivodeship (1975–1998), it i ...

and

Mosina Mosina (german: Moschin) is a town in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, about 20 km south of Poznań, with 12,107 inhabitants (2004). The Mosiński Canal runs east and west through the town, and joins the Warta River just ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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