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Gmina Kościelec 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
Koło County
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Koło 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 in 1998. ...
,
Greater Poland Voivodeship
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, in west-central
Poland
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. Its seat is the village of
Kościelec, which lies approximately south-west of
Koło and east of the regional capital
Poznań
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.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,667.
Villages
Gmina Kościelec contains the villages and settlements of
Białków Górny,
Białków Kościelny,
Dąbrowice,
Dąbrowice Częściowe,
Daniszew,
Dobrów,
Gąsiorów,
Gozdów,
Kościelec,
Łęka,
Leszcze,
Mariampol,
Police Mostowe,
Police Średnie,
Ruszków Drugi,
Ruszków Pierwszy,
Straszków,
Trzęśniew,
Trzęśniew Mały,
Tury and
Waki.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Kościelec is bordered by the town of
Koło and by the gminas of
Brudzew,
Dąbie,
Koło,
Kramsk,
Krzymów and
Władysławów.
See also
*
Dobrowska Foundation
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Koscielec
Koło County