__NOTOC__ Gmina Gołańcz is an urban-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

Wągrowiec County __NOTOC__ Wągrowiec County () 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 reforms passe ...

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, in west-central

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. Its seat is the town of

Gołańcz Gołańcz () is a town in Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,333 inhabitants (2010). History Gołańcz was first mentioned in a document from 1222. It was granted town rights in the 14th century. It was a private tow ...

, which lies approximately north-east of

Wągrowiec Wągrowiec () is a town in west-central Poland, from both Poznań and Bydgoszcz. Since the 18th century it has been the seat of a powiat. Administratively it is attached to the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The town is situated in the middle of th ...

and north-east of the regional capital

Poznań Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,391 (out of which the population of Gołańcz amounts to 3,342, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,049).

Villages

Apart from the town of Gołańcz, Gmina Gołańcz contains the villages and settlements of Bogdanowo, Brdowo, Buszewo, Chawłodno,

Chojna Chojna (; "King's Mountain in the Neumark, New March") is a small town in northwestern Poland in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It lies approximately south of Szczecin. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 7,330. Chojna is loca ...

, Czerlin, Czesławice, Czeszewo, Grabowo, Gręziny, Jeziorki, Konary, Krzyżanki, Kujawki, Laskownica Mała, Laskownica Wielka, Lęgniszewo, Morakówko, Morakowo, Oleszno, Panigródz, Potulin, Rybowo, Smogulec and Tomczyce.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Gołańcz is bordered by the gminas of

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

Kcynia Kcynia () is a town in Nakło County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland, with 4,702 inhabitants (2010). It is located in the Pałuki ethnographic region in the northern part of historic Greater Poland. History Kcynia start ...

Margonin Margonin is a town in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,022 inhabitants (2016). History Margonin dates back to the 7th century, and in the 9th–12th it was a defensive stronghold, which became part of Poland after ...

Szamocin Szamocin () is a town in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. History ''Szamoczino'' in the Piast-ruled Kingdom of Poland was first mentioned in a 1364 deed, although it surely existed earlier and was probably founded in the ...

Wapno Wapno is a village in Wągrowiec County, in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, close to the border with Żnin County. ''Wapno'' is Polish for lime and reflects the large gypsum deposits in the area, which can be processed to produce lime. There are a ...

and

Wyrzysk Wyrzysk is a town in Poland with 5,263 (2004) inhabitants, situated in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship. Geographic location Wyrzysk is located in the ethnocultural region of Krajna in northern Greater Poland, administratively it is p ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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