__NOTOC__ Gmina Kostrzyn 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

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. Its seat is the town of

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 st ...

, 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 John ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 15,456 (out of which the population of Kostrzyn amounts to 8,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,917).

Villages

Apart from the town of Kostrzyn, Gmina Kostrzyn contains the villages and settlements of Antonin,

Brzeźno Brzeźno (; german: Brösen /b̥ʁøzn/; csb, Brzézno) is one of the quarters of the city of Gdańsk, Poland with a sandy beach and 130 m long pier. Location The north of the quarter is bordered by the Bay of Gdańsk. From the east, it ...

, Buszkówiec, Chorzałki, Czerlejnko, Czerlejno, Drzązgowo, Glinka Duchowna, Glinka Szlachecka, Gułtowy, Gwiazdowo, Iwno, Jagodno, Klony, Leśna Grobla, Libartowo, Ługowiny, Rujsca, Sanniki, Siedlec, Siedleczek, Siekierki Małe, Siekierki Wielkie, Skałowo, Sokolniki Drzązgowskie, Sokolniki Klonowskie, Strumiany, Tarnowo, Trzek, Węgierskie, Wiktorowo and Wróblewo.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kostrzyn is bordered by the gminas of

Dominowo Dominowo is a village in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Dominowo. It lies approximately north-east of Środa Wielkopolska and sou ...

, Kleszczewo,

Nekla Nekla is a town in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 6,750 inhabitants (2004). History As part of the region of Greater Poland, i.e. the cradle of the Polish state, the area formed part of Poland since its establishment ...

Pobiedziska Pobiedziska (german: Pudewitz) is a town in Poznań County, Poland, with 8,209 inhabitants as of the year 2004. It is also the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Pobiedziska. The town's name comes from the word ''pobieda ...

Środa Wielkopolska Środa Wielkopolska (until 1968 ''Środa''; german: Schroda) is a town in western-central Poland, situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, about southeast of Poznań, with 22,001 inhabitants (2009). It is the seat of Środa Wielkopolska County ...

and

Swarzędz Swarzędz (German: ''Schwersenz'') is a town in west-central Poland with 29,766 inhabitants. It is the seat of a mixed urban-rural commune called Gmina Swarzędz with 40,166 inhabitants. The town is situated in the Poznań metropolitan area, in ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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Poznań County