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Gmina Swarzędz is an urban-rural
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...
(administrative district) in
Poznań County,
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Greater Poland Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. The province is named after the region called Greater Poland (''Wielkopolska'' ). The modern province includes most of this historic re ...
, in west-central
Poland
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. Its seat is the town of
Swarzędz, which lies approximately east of the regional capital
Poznań
Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...
.
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,
Jasin,
Karłowice,
Katarzynki,
Kobylnica,
Kruszewnia,
Ligowiec,
Łowęcin
Łowęcin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Swarzędz, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Swarzędz and east of the regional capital Poznań
Pozna ...
,
Mechowo,
Paczkowo,
Puszczykowo-Zaborze,
Rabowice,
Sarbinowo,
Sokolniki Gwiazdowskie,
Święcinek,
Uzarzewo,
Wierzenica,
Wierzonka and
Zalasewo.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Swarzędz is bordered by the city of
Poznań
Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...
and by the gminas of
Czerwonak,
Kleszczewo,
Kostrzyn and
Pobiedziska.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Swarzedz
Poznań County