__NOTOC__ Gmina Pogorzela 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

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, in west-central

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. Its seat is the town of

Pogorzela Pogorzela is a town in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,037 inhabitants (). Pogorzela is located on the western edge of the Kalisz Upland, at the junction of county roads Krotoszyn-Gostyń and the Koźmin Wielkopolski-Kr ...

, which lies approximately south-east of

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and south of the regional capital

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. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,157 (out of which the population of Pogorzela amounts to 1,974, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,183).

Villages

Apart from the town of Pogorzela, Gmina Pogorzela contains the villages and settlements of Bielawy Pogorzelskie, Bułaków, Dobrapomoc, Elżbietków, Głuchów, Głuchówek, Gumienice, Józefów Ochelski, Kaczagórka, Kromolice, Łukaszew, Małgów, Międzyborze, Nowiny, Ochla, Paradów, Stawy, Taczanówko and Wziąchów.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Pogorzela is bordered by the gminas of

Borek Wielkopolski Borek Wielkopolski is a town in Poland, in the Gostyń County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, with 2,485 inhabitants as of June 2021. History Borek was granted town rights in 1392 by Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło. It was a private tow ...

Kobylin Kobylin (german: 1943-45 Koppelstädt) is a town in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,130 inhabitants (2009). History In the Early Middle Ages it was a market settlement, which became part of the emerging Polish st ...

Koźmin Wielkopolski Koźmin Wielkopolski (, german: Koschmin) is a town in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 6,678 inhabitants according to the 2010 census. It is the seat of the Koźmin Wielkopolski urban-rural gmina, which has a population ...

Krotoszyn Krotoszyn (german: Krotoschin, yi, קראטאשין ''Krotoshin'') is a town in west-central Poland with 30,010 inhabitants . It has been part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship since 1999; it was within Kalisz Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998. ...

, Pępowo and Piaski.

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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