Gmina Baranów is a 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

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, in west-central

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. Its seat is the village of Baranów, which lies approximately south-east of

Kępno Kępno is a town in south-central Poland. Kępno is located in the historical Wieluń Land. It lies on the outskirts of the Greater Poland Voivodeship, bordering the historical region of Silesia and the Łódź Voivodeship. As of December 31, 200 ...

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 7,495.

Villages

Gmina Baranów contains the villages and settlements of Baranów, Baranów Osiedle Murator, Donaborów, Grębanin, Jankowy, Joanka, Łęka Mroczeńska, Marianka Mroczeńska, Mroczeń, Słupia pod Kępnem, and Żurawiniec.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Baranów is bordered by the gminas of Bralin,

, Łęka Opatowska,

Rychtal Rychtal () () is a town in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Rychtal. Geography Part of the Lower Silesia historical region, it is situated close t ...

, Trzcinica, and

Wieruszów Wieruszów () is a town in south-central Poland with 8,446 inhabitants (2020). Situated in the southwestern part of Łódź Voivodeship, it is the seat of the Gmina Wieruszów and Wieruszów County. Wieruszów is located in the historical Wieluń ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006
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