__NOTOC__ Gmina Święciechowa 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

Leszno County __NOTOC__ Leszno 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 i ...

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, in west-central

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. Its seat is the village of

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

, which lies approximately west of

Leszno Leszno (, , ) is a historic city in western Poland, seat of Leszno County within the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the seventh-largest city in the province with an estimated population of 62,200, as of 2021. Leszno is a former residential cit ...

and south-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 7,088.

Villages

Gmina Święciechowa contains the villages and settlements of Długie Nowe,

Długie Stare Długie Stare is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Święciechowa, within Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Święciechowa, west of Leszno, and south-west of ...

, Henrykowo, Krzycko Małe, Książęcy Las,

Lasocice Lasocice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Święciechowa, within Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Święciechowa, south-west of Leszno, and south-west of ...

, Niechłód, Ogrody, Osada Leśna, Piotrowice, Przybyszewo, Strzyżewice,

and Trzebiny.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Święciechowa is bordered by the city of

and by the gminas of

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 ...

, Lipno,

Rydzyna Rydzyna (pronounced ) is a historic town in western Poland, located in the southern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship, 10 km south of Leszno, in the Leszno County, close to the main Poznań - Wrocław highway Expressway S5 (Poland), S5. ...

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

and

Wschowa Wschowa (pronounced , ) is a town in the Lubusz Voivodeship in western Poland with 13,875 inhabitants (2019). It is the capital of Wschowa County and a significant tourist site containing many important historical monuments. It is part of the his ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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