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Gmina Buk 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
Buk, which lies approximately west 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 11,917, of which the population of Buk is 6,181, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,736.
Villages
Apart from the town of Buk, Gmina Buk contains the villages and settlements of
Cieśle,
Dakowy Suche,
Dobieżyn,
Dobra,
Kalwy,
Niepruszewo,
Otusz,
Pawłówko,
Szewce,
Szewce-Zgoda,
Sznyfin,
Wielka Wieś,
Wiktorowo,
Wygoda,
Wysoczka and
Żegowo.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Buk is bordered by the gminas of
Dopiewo
Dopiewo is a village in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Dopiewo. It lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań.
History
During ...
,
Duszniki,
Granowo,
Opalenica
Opalenica (German ''Opalenitza'', 1943-45 ''Oppenbach'') is a town in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 9,861 inhabitants (2007).
The noble de Opalenica Opaliński (also ''de Bnin Opaliński'') family originated he ...
,
Stęszew
Stęszew (german: Stenschewo, 1939-1945: ''Seenbrück'') is a town in western Poland, with 5,248 inhabitants (2004). It is located in Poznań County, within the Greater Poland Voivodeship.
History
Stęszew was once an important stop in a trade ...
and
Tarnowo Podgórne.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
{{Poznań County
Buk
Poznań County