__NOTOC__ Gmina Śmigiel is an urban-rural

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(administrative district) in

Kościan County __NOTOC__ Kościan 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 ...

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, in west-central

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. Its seat is the town of

Śmigiel Śmigiel is a town in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 5,536 inhabitants (2010). History Śmigiel was granted town rights in 1415 or perhaps earlier. It was a private town of Polish nobility, administratively located ...

, which lies approximately south-west of

Kościan Kościan () () is a town on the Obra, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Obra canal in west-central Poland, with a population of 23,952 inhabitants as of June 2014. Situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, it is the capital of Kościan County. History ...

and south-west of the regional capital

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. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 17,465 (out of which the population of Śmigiel amounts to 5,452, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,013).

Villages

Apart from the town of Śmigiel, Gmina Śmigiel contains the villages and settlements of Bielawy, Bronikowo, Brońsko, Bruszczewo,

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, Chełkowo, Czacz, Czaczyk, Glińsko, Gniewowo, Jeligowo, Jezierzyce,

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, Karpisz, Karśnice, Koszanowo, Księginki, Machcin, Morownica, Nadolnik, Nietążkowo, Nowa Wieś, Nowe Szczepankowo,

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, Olszewo, Parsko, Podśmigiel, Poladowo, Prętkowice, Przysieka Polska, Robaczyn, Sierpowo, Sikorzyn, Skoraczewo, Smolno, Spławie, Stara Przysieka Druga, Stara Przysieka Pierwsza, Stare Bojanowo, Stare Szczepankowo, Stary Białcz, Wonieść, Wydorowo, Żegrówko, Żegrowo, Żydowo and Zygmuntowo.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Śmigiel is bordered by the gminas of Kamieniec,

Krzywiń Krzywiń () is a town in west-central Poland in the Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, located at the Obra, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Obra canal. History Krzywiń was first referred to in scripts as ''Crivin'' in 1181. But it was no ...

, Lipno,

Osieczna Osieczna is a town in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,131 inhabitants (2010). It is located on the northern shore of the Łoniewskie Lake. History As part of the region of Greater Poland, i.e. the cradle of the Polish ...

, Przemęt,

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and

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References

Polish official population figures 2006
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gmina Smigiel Smigiel Kościan County