__NOTOC__ Gmina Opatówek 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

Kalisz County __NOTOC__ Kalisz County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in ...

Greater Poland Voivodeship Greater Poland Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. The province is named after the region called Greater Poland (''Wielkopolska'' ). The modern province includes most of this historic re ...

, in west-central

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

Opatówek Opatówek is a town of 3,800 inhabitants in central Poland, situated southeast from Kalisz, in the Kalisz County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The Gmina, commune (Gmina) of Opatówek, including the town of Opatówek and 26 other villages, h ...

(population 3,800), which lies approximately east of

Kalisz Kalisz () is a city in central Poland, and the second-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, with 97,905 residents (December 2021). It is the capital city of the Kalisz Region. Situated on the Prosna river in the southeastern part of Gr ...

and south-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 10,148.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Opatówek is bordered by the city of

and by the gminas of Ceków-Kolonia, Godziesze Wielkie, Koźminek, Szczytniki and Żelazków.

Villages

The gmina contains the following villages: Bogumiłów, Borów, Chełmce, Cienia Druga, Cienia Pierwsza, Cienia Trzecia,

Cienia-Folwark Cienia-Folwark is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opatówek, within Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship Greater Poland Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. The p ...

, Dębe-Kolonia, Frankowizna, Janików,

Józefów Józefów () is a town in east-central Poland, located in Masovian Voivodeship, in Otwock County. It lies about southeast of Warsaw city centre and is a part of that city's metropolitan area. Located on a picturesque confluence of Vistula and Ś ...

, Kobierno, Michałów Czwarty, Michałów Drugi, Michałów Pierwszy, Michałów Trzeci, Modła, Nędzerzew, Nowa Tłokinia, Porwity, Rajsko, Rożdżały, Sierzchów, Słoneczna,

Szałe Szałe is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opatówek, within Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is approximately west of Opatówek, southeast of Kalisz, and southeast of the regional capital, ...

, Szulec, Tłokinia Kościelna, Tłokinia Mała, Tłokinia Wielka, Trojanów, Warszew, Zawady, Zduny and Zmyślanka.

Towns

References

Polish official population figures 2006

External links

Official information page of Kalisz County

Official website of Gmina Opatowek
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