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Gmina Swarzędz is an urban-rural
gmina (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 ...
,
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
Swarzędz, which lies approximately 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 40,499 (out of which the population of Swarzędz amounts to 29,894, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,605).
Villages
Apart from the town of Swarzędz, Gmina Swarzędz contains the villages and settlements of
Bogucin,
Garby,
Gortatowo,
Gruszczyn,
Janikowo
Janikowo (german: Amsee) is a town located in Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. It has a population of 5111 (2004).
Sport
* Unia Janikowo
KS Unia Janikowo is a Polish football club based in Janikowo, Poland
...
,
Jasin,
Karłowice,
Katarzynki,
Kobylnica,
Kruszewnia,
Ligowiec,
Łowęcin,
Mechowo,
Paczkowo,
Puszczykowo-Zaborze,
Rabowice,
Sarbinowo,
Sokolniki Gwiazdowskie,
Święcinek,
Uzarzewo,
Wierzenica,
Wierzonka
Wierzonka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Swarzędz, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Swarzędz and north-east of the regional capital Poznań
...
and
Zalasewo.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Swarzędz is bordered by the city of
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 ...
and by the gminas of
Czerwonak
Czerwonak is a village in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Czerwonak. It lies on the east bank of the Warta River, approximately north-east of t ...
,
Kleszczewo,
Kostrzyn
Kostrzyn (german: Kostschin) is a town in Poland, seat of Gmina Kostrzyn in the Poznań County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, with 8,398 inhabitants (2004).
History
As part of the region of Greater Poland, i.e. the cradle of the Polish s ...
and
Pobiedziska.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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