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Gmina Szydłowo 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
Piła County
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Piła 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 passed in ...
,
Greater Poland Voivodeship
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, in west-central
Poland
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. Its seat is the village of
Szydłowo, which lies approximately west of
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 ...
and north 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 7,594.
Villages
Gmina Szydłowo contains the villages and settlements of
Coch PGR,
Cyk,
Czaplino,
Dąbrowa-Kolonia,
Dobrzyca,
Dolaszewo,
Furman,
Gądek,
Jaraczewo,
Klęśnik,
Kłoda,
Kolonia Busz,
Kotuń,
Krępsko,
Leśny Dworek,
Leżenica,
Leżenica-Kolonia
Leżenica-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szydłowo, within Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
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,
Nowa Łubianka,
Nowy Dwór,
Pluty,
Płytnica,
Pokrzywnica,
Róża Mała,
Róża Wielka,
Róża Wielka-Kolonia,
Różanka,
Skrzatusz,
Stara Łubianka,
Szydłowo,
Tarnowo,
Wildek,
Zabrodzie and
Zawada.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Szydłowo is bordered by the town of
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 ...
and by the gminas of
Jastrowie
Jastrowie () is a town in northwestern Poland in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship. It has 8,900 inhabitants (1998) and lies on the edge of the Gwda River valley. The town is located on the Osoka stream.
History
Jastrowie was one of th ...
,
Krajenka,
Tarnówka,
Trzcianka
Trzcianka (; ) is a town in the Greater Poland region in northwestern Poland. Since 1999, it has been part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship and Czarnków-Trzcianka County. From 1975 to 1998, it was located in the Piła Voivodeship. In May 2007 ...
and
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 ...
.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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