__NOTOC__ Gmina Stawiszyn 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

Kalisz County __NOTOC__ Kalisz County ( pl, powiat kaliski) 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 governme ...

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, in west-central

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. Its seat is the town of

Stawiszyn Stawiszyn (; german: 1943-45 Stavensheim) is a town in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,569 inhabitants (2006). It is the urban part of the larger Stawiszyn Commune, a mixed urban-rural municipality A municipality is ...

, which lies approximately north of

Kalisz (The oldest city of Poland) , image_skyline = , image_caption = ''Top:'' Town Hall, Former "Calisia" Piano Factory''Middle:'' Courthouse, "Gołębnik" tenement''Bottom:'' Aerial view of the Kalisz Old Town , image_flag = POL Kalisz flag.svg ...

and south-east of the regional capital

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. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,244 (out of which the population of Stawiszyn amounts to 1,554, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,690).

Villages

Apart from the town of Stawiszyn, Gmina Stawiszyn contains the villages and settlements of Długa Wieś Druga, Długa Wieś Pierwsza, Długa Wieś Trzecia, Łyczyn, Miedza, Nowy Kiączyn, Ostrówek, Petryki, Piątek Mały, Piątek Mały-Kolonia, Piątek Wielki, Pólko, Stary Kiączyn, Werginki, Wyrów, Zbiersk, Zbiersk-Cukrownia, Zbiersk-Kolonia and Złotniki Małe-Kolonia.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Stawiszyn is bordered by the gminas of

Blizanów Blizanów is a village in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Blizanów. It lies approximately north of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capi ...

, Grodziec, Mycielin,

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and Żelazków.

References

Polish official population figures 2006

Gallery

File:Stawiszyn Nieczynny Kościół Tył kościoła.jpg, An inside view of Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession {{Kalisz County

Kalisz County