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Gmina Żerków 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
Jarocin County
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Jarocin 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 ...
,
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
Żerków
Żerków () is a town in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,122 inhabitants (2010). It is located east of the regional capital of Poznań.
The town is near the Żerków-Czeszewo Landscape Park.
History
The oldest know ...
, which lies approximately north of
Jarocin
Jarocin () is a town in west-central Poland with 25,700 inhabitants (1995), the administrative capital of Jarocin County in Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Jarocin is a historical town, having been founded and granted city rights in the 13th century. ...
and south-east 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 10,555 (out of which the population of Żerków amounts to 2,058, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,497).
Villages
Apart from the town of Żerków, Gmina Żerków contains the villages and settlements of
Antonin,
Bieździadów,
Brzóstków,
Chrzan,
Chwałów,
Dobieszczyzna,
Gąsiorów,
Gęczew,
Kamień,
Komorze Przybysławskie,
Kretków,
Laski,
Lgów,
Lisew,
Lubinia Mała,
Ludwinów,
Miniszew,
Paruchów,
Parzewnia,
Pawłowice,
Podlesie,
Pogorzelica,
Prusinów,
Przybysław,
Raszewy,
Rogaszyce,
Rozmarynów,
Siekierzyn,
Sierszew,
Śmiełów,
Stęgosz,
Sucha,
Szczonów,
Żerniki and
Żółków.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Żerków is bordered by the gminas of
Czermin,
Gizałki,
Jarocin
Jarocin () is a town in west-central Poland with 25,700 inhabitants (1995), the administrative capital of Jarocin County in Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Jarocin is a historical town, having been founded and granted city rights in the 13th century. ...
,
Kołaczkowo,
Kotlin,
Miłosław,
Nowe Miasto nad WartÄ… and
Pyzdry.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Zerkow
Jarocin County