__NOTOC__ Gmina Tarnowo Podgórne 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

Poznań County Poznań 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 1998. ...

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, 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 village of

Tarnowo Podgórne Tarnowo Podgórne is an urbanized village in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Tarnowo Podgórne. It lies approximately north-west of the regiona ...

, which lies approximately north-west 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 18,690.

Villages

Gmina Tarnowo Podgórne contains the villages and settlements of Baranowo, Batorowo, Ceradz Kościelny, Chyby,

Góra Góra (, ) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the administrative seat both of Góra County and of the smaller district (gmina) called Gmina Góra. Geography The town is located within the historic Lower Silesia re ...

, Jankowice, Kokoszczyn,

Lusówko Lusówko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tarnowo Podgórne, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Tarnowo Podgórne and west of the regional capital Pozna� ...

, Lusowo,

Przeźmierowo Przeźmierowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tarnowo Podgórne, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Tarnowo Podgórne and west of the regional capit ...

, Rumianek, Sady, Sierosław, Swadzim,

and

Wysogotowo Wysogotowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tarnowo Podgórne, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Tarnowo Podgórne and west of the regional capital ...

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Tarnowo Podgórne is bordered by the city of

and by the gminas of Buk,

Dopiewo Dopiewo is a village in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Dopiewo. It lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań. History During Wo ...

, Duszniki,

Kaźmierz Kaźmierz is a village in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kaźmierz. It lies approximately south of Szamotuły and north-west of the regio ...

and Rokietnica.

References

Polish official population figures 2006
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