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Gmina Sośnie 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
Ostrów Wielkopolski County
Ostrów (Polish for "river island") may refer to:
Places Poland
; Greater Poland Voivodeship
* Ostrów Wielkopolski, a town in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)
* Ostrów, Greater Poland Voivodeship in Greater Poland Voivodeship ...
, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of
Sośnie, which lies approximately south of
Ostrów Wielkopolski
Ostrów Wielkopolski () (often abbreviated ''Ostrów Wlkp.'', formerly called simply ''Ostrów'', , Latin: ''Ostrovia'') is a city in west-central Poland with 70,982 inhabitants (2021), situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship; the seat of Ostr ...
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 6,625.
The gmina contains part of the
protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...
called
Barycz Valley Landscape Park
Barycz Valley Landscape Park (''Park Krajobrazowy Dolina Baryczy'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in south-western Poland. Established in 1996, it covers an area of .
The park is shared between two voivodeships: Lower Silesian Voivodesh ...
.
Villages
Gmina Sośnie contains the villages and settlements of
Bogdaj,
Bronisławka,
Chojnik
Chojnik Castle (pronounced , , 1945–1948 ) is a castle located above the town of Sobieszów, today part of Jelenia Góra in southwestern Poland. Its remains stand on top of the Chojnik hill () within the Karkonosze National Park, overlooking ...
,
Cieszyn
Cieszyn ( , ; ; ) is a border town in southern Poland on the east bank of the Olza River, and the administrative seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town has 33,500 inhabitants ( and lies opposite Český Těšín in the Czech Repu ...
,
Czesławice,
Dobrzec,
Grabie,
Granowiec,
Janisławice,
Jarnostaw,
Kałkowskie,
Kąty Śląskie,
Kocina,
Konradów,
Kopalina,
Krzyżno,
Kuźnica Kącka,
Łachów,
Lipskie,
Mariak,
Młynik,
Moja Wola,
Możdżanów,
Pawłów,
Piła
Piła (; ) is a city in northwestern Poland and the capital of Piła County, situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. Its population was 71,846, making it the city in the voivodeship after Poznań and Kalisz and the largest city in the north ...
,
Smugi,
Sobki,
Sośnie,
Starża,
Surmin,
Szklarka Śląska and
Żabnik.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Sośnie is bordered by the gminas of
Kobyla Góra,
Krośnice,
Międzybórz
Międzybórz , also known as ''Międzybórz Sycowski'' (, until 1886 ''Medzibor''), is a town in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Międzybórz. I ...
,
Milicz
Milicz () is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of Milicz County and of Gmina Milicz, part of the larger Wrocław metropolitan area.
Geography
The town is situated in the historic Lower Silesia regi ...
,
Odolanów
Odolanów is a town in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of Poland, about south-west from Ostrów Wielkopolski, with over 5000 inhabitants.
History
The first written document that mentions Odolanów dates back to 1301, when it was part of the fr ...
,
Ostrzeszów
Ostrzeszów () () is a town in south-central Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the capital of Ostrzeszów County. Ostrzeszów is located in the historical Wieluń Land. The population in 2023 was 14,095 inhabitants. The town is situated ...
,
Przygodzice and
Twardogóra
Twardogóra (pronounced , ) is a historic town in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Twardogóra. It lies approximately north of Oleśnica, and ...
.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Sosnie
Ostrów Wielkopolski County