Gmina Czempiń is an urban-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 Kościan County

Koscian County

Kościan 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 largest town is Kościan, 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 town of Czempiń

Czempin

Czempiń is a town in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 5,093 inhabitants ....

, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-east of Kościan

Koscian

Kościan is a town on the Obra canal in west-central Poland, with a population of 24 059 inhabitants in June 2009. Situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship , previously in Leszno Voivodeship , it is the capital of Kościan County...

 and 29 km (18 mi) south 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 142.46 square kilometres (55 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 11,259 (out of which the population of Czempiń amounts to 5,135, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,124).

The gmina contains part of the protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 called Chłapowski Landscape Park.

Villages

Apart from the town of Czempiń, Gmina Czempiń contains the villages and settlements of Betkowo

Betkowo

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

, Bieczyny

Bieczyny

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

, Borowo

Borowo, Koscian County

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

, Donatowo

Donatowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Głuchowo, Gorzyce

Gorzyce, Koscian County

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

, Gorzyczki

Gorzyczki, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Helenopol

Helenopol, Koscian County

Helenopol is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czempiń, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Jarogniewice

Jarogniewice, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Jarogniewice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czempiń, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Czempiń, north of Kościan, and south-west of the regional capital Poznań....

, Jasień

Jasien, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Maruszkowo

Maruszkowo

Maruszkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czempiń, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Nowe Borówko

Nowe Borówko

Nowe Borówko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czempiń, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Nowe Tarnowo

Nowe Tarnowo

Nowe Tarnowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czempiń, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Nowy Gołębin, Piechanin

Piechanin

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

, Piotrkowice

Piotrkowice, Koscian County

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

, Piotrowo Drugie

Piotrowo Drugie

Piotrowo Drugie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czempiń, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Piotrowo Pierwsze

Piotrowo Pierwsze

Piotrowo Pierwsze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czempiń, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Rakówka

Rakówka, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Rakówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czempiń, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Roszkowo

Roszkowo, Koscian County

Roszkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czempiń, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Sierniki

Sierniki, Koscian County

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

, Słonin, Srocko Wielkie

Srocko Wielkie

Srocko Wielkie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czempiń, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Czempiń, north-east of Kościan, and south-west of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

, Stare Tarnowo

Stare Tarnowo

Stare Tarnowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czempiń, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Stary Gołębin and Zadory

Zadory

Zadory is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czempiń, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Czempiń, north of Kościan, and south-west of the regional capital Poznań....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Czempiń is bordered by the gminas of Brodnica

Gmina Brodnica, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Kościan

Gmina Koscian

Gmina Kościan is a rural gmina in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kościan, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Krzywiń

Gmina Krzywin

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

, Mosina

Gmina Mosina

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

, Śrem

Gmina Srem

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

 and Stęszew

Gmina Steszew

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

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