Gmina Baranów is a rural gmina

Gmina

The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...

 (administrative district) in Kępno County

Kepno County

Kępno County is a unit of territorial administration and local government 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. Its administrative seat and only town is Kępno, which lies ...

, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Greater Poland Voivodeship

Wielkopolska Voivodeship , or Greater Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998...

, in west-central Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. Its seat is the village of Baranów

Baranów, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Baranów is a village in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Baranów. It lies approximately south-east of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań....

, which lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Kępno

Kepno

Kępno is a town in Poland. It lies on the outskirts of the Greater Poland Voivodeship, as it borders on Silesia and the Łódz Land, at the crossing point of two transport routes: north to south and east to west . As of December 31, 2009 Kępno had a population of 14,760...

 and 147 km (91 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań

Poznan

Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

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The gmina covers an area of 74.31 square kilometres (28.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,495.

Villages

Gmina Baranów contains the villages and settlements of Baranów

Baranów, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Baranów is a village in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Baranów. It lies approximately south-east of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań....

, Donaborów

Donaborów

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

, Grębanin

Grebanin

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

, Jankowy

Jankowy

Jankowy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Baranów, within Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Baranów, east of Kępno, and south-east of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

, Joanka

Joanka, Kepno County

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

, Łęka Mroczeńska, Marianka Mroczeńska

Marianka Mroczenska

Marianka Mroczeńska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Baranów, within Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Baranów, south-west of Kępno, and south-east of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

, Mroczeń

Mroczen

Mroczeń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Baranów, within Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The village has a population of 1,500.-References:...

, Słupia pod Kępnem and Żurawiniec

Zurawiniec, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Żurawiniec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Baranów, within Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Baranów is bordered by the gminas of Bralin

Gmina Bralin

Gmina Bralin is a rural gmina in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bralin, which lies approximately west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań....

, Kępno

Gmina Kepno

Gmina Kępno is an urban-rural gmina in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kępno, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Poznań....

, Łęka Opatowska, Rychtal

Gmina Rychtal

Gmina Rychtal is a rural gmina in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rychtal, which lies approximately south-west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań....

, Trzcinica

Gmina Trzcinica

Gmina Trzcinica is a rural gmina in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Trzcinica, which lies approximately south of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Poznań....

 and Wieruszów

Gmina Wieruszów

Gmina Wieruszów is an urban-rural gmina in Wieruszów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieruszów, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Łódź....

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