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Gmina Mirosławiec 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
Wałcz County
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Wałcz County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed ...
,
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
West Pomeranian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals , and in 2021, it was inhabited by 1,682,003 people.
It was established on 1 Janua ...
, in north-western
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
. Its seat is the town of
Mirosławiec
Mirosławiec () is a town in Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northwestern Poland, with 2,671 inhabitants (2010).
The 12th Air Base of the Polish Air Force is located north of the town.
History
Mirosławiec is a former private to ...
, which lies approximately west of
Wałcz
Wałcz (pronounced ; ) is a county town in Wałcz County of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland.
Granted city rights in 1303, Wałcz has become the administrative, industrial and cultural center of the Wałcz Lake District wi ...
and east of the regional capital
Szczecin
Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Poland-Germany border, German border, it is a major port, seaport, the la ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,026 (out of which the population of Mirosławiec amounts to 2,633, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,393).
Villages
Apart from the town of Mirosławiec, Gmina Mirosławiec contains the villages and settlements of
Bronikowo,
Drzewoszewo,
Gniewosz,
Hanki,
Hanki-Kolonia,
Jabłonkowo,
Jabłonowo,
Jadwiżyn,
Kalinówka,
Kierpnik,
Kolonia Chojnice,
Kolonia Polne,
Kolonia Zacisze,
Łowicz Wałecki,
Mirosławiec Górny,
Nieradź,
Piecnik,
Pilów,
Próchnowo,
Sadowo,
Setnica and
Toporzyk.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Mirosławiec is bordered by the gminas of
Kalisz Pomorski
Kalisz Pomorski (; ) is a small town in Drawsko County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland with about 4,500 inhabitants.
History
In the 8th century a Slavic gród existed in present-day Kalisz Pomorski. In the Middle Ages it w ...
,
Tuczno
Tuczno (, earlier ''Tietz'') is a town and former pre-diocesan Catholic see in Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland, with 1,900 inhabitants (2010).
It is the home of the restored Tuczno Castle, which is a popular p ...
,
Wałcz
Wałcz (pronounced ; ) is a county town in Wałcz County of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland.
Granted city rights in 1303, Wałcz has become the administrative, industrial and cultural center of the Wałcz Lake District wi ...
and
Wierzchowo.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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