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Gmina Wieleń 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
Czarnków-Trzcianka County,
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
Wieleń
Wieleń is a town in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. It is situated on the river Noteć.
History
Part of Poland since the Middle Ages, Duke Władysław Odonic of Greater Poland brought the Cistercians to Wie ...
, which lies approximately west of
Czarnków
Czarnków is a town in Poland in Czarnków-Trzcianka County in Greater Poland Voivodeship. As of December 2021, the town has 10,279 inhabitants.
The town lies on the Noteć river. Because there are many hills around the town, the area is called ...
and 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 12,572 (out of which the population of Wieleń amounts to 5,940, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,632).
Villages
Apart from the town of Wieleń, Gmina Wieleń contains the villages and settlements of
Biała,
Dębogóra,
Dzierżążno Małe,
Dzierżążno Wielkie,
Folsztyn,
Gieczynek,
Gulcz,
Hamrzysko,
Herburtowo,
Kałądek,
Kocień Wielki,
Kuźniczka,
Marianowo,
Mężyk,
Miały,
Nowe Dwory,
Rosko
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,
Wrzeszczyna
Wrzeszczyna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieleń, within Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wieleń, west of Czarnków, and north-west of ...
and
Zielonowo.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Wieleń is bordered by the gminas of
Czarnków
Czarnków is a town in Poland in Czarnków-Trzcianka County in Greater Poland Voivodeship. As of December 2021, the town has 10,279 inhabitants.
The town lies on the Noteć river. Because there are many hills around the town, the area is called ...
,
Człopa
Człopa () is a town in Wałcz County of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. During the years 1975 to 1998, the city was administratively part of the Piła Voivodeship. As of December 2021, it has a population of 2,277.
Locat ...
,
Drawsko,
Krzyż Wielkopolski
Krzyż Wielkopolski () is a town in Poland, with 6,176 inhabitants (2019) in the Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is an important railroad junction, with two major lines crossing there - the Berlin-Bydgoszcz and the Pozn ...
,
Lubasz,
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
Wronki
Wronki () is a town in the Szamotuły County, western-central Poland, situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is located close to the Warta River to the northwest of Poznań on the edge of Noteć Forest, and has a population of approximat ...
.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Wielen
Czarnków-Trzcianka County