Gmina Czerwonak 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 Poznań County

Poznan County

Poznań 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 is the city of Poznań, although the city...

, 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 Czerwonak

Czerwonak

Czerwonak is a village in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Czerwonak...

, which lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-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...

.

The gmina covers an area of 82.24 square kilometres (31.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 23,692. It includes Koziegłowy, which is Poland's second most populous village with 10,755 inhabitants (2006). Czerwonak itself has a population of 5,432. The gmina also contains the south-western part of the protected forest area Puszcza Zielonka Landscape Park

Puszcza Zielonka Landscape Park

Puszcza Zielonka Landscape Park is a protected area situated to the north-east of the city of Poznań in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. It was set up in 1993 and covers an area of . It is made up of parts of the gminas of Czerwonak, Kiszkowo, Murowana Goślina, Pobiedziska and Skoki...

, including the hill of Dziewicza Góra

Dziewicza Góra, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Dziewicza Góra is a hill close to Czerwonak, a few kilometres north-east of the city of Poznań in western Poland. It lies at the south-western extreme of Puszcza Zielonka Landscape Park, and is the Park's highest point, at above sea level....

, which is the Park's highest point and has an observation tower (seasonally open to the public).

Villages

Gmina Czerwonak contains the villages of Annowo

Annowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Bolechówko

Bolechówko

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

, Bolechowo

Bolechowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Czerwonak

Czerwonak

Czerwonak is a village in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Czerwonak...

, Dębogóra

Debogóra, Poznan County

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

, Kicin

Kicin, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Kliny

Kliny, Poznan County

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

, Koziegłowy, Ludwikowo

Ludwikowo, Gmina Czerwonak

Ludwikowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czerwonak, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The settlement has a population of 9.-References:...

, Miękowo

Miekowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Mielno

Mielno, Poznan County

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

, Owińska

Owinska

Owińska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czerwonak, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Czerwonak and north of the regional capital Poznań. The village has a population of 2,500.Owińska lies close to the...

, Potasze

Potasze

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

, Promnice

Promnice

Promnice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czerwonak, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Czerwonak and north of the regional capital Poznań. The village has a population of 450.Just to the west of Promnice...

, Szlachęcin

Szlachecin

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

 and Trzaskowo

Trzaskowo

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

.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Czerwonak is bordered by the city of 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...

 to the south-west, and by the gminas of Swarzędz

Gmina Swarzedz

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

 (south), Pobiedziska

Gmina Pobiedziska

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

 (south and east) Murowana Goślina

Gmina Murowana Goslina

Gmina Murowana Goślina is an urban-rural gmina in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Murowana Goślina, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina consists of Murowana Goślina and the countryside and villages...

 (north and east), and Suchy Las

Gmina Suchy Las

Gmina Suchy Las is a rural gmina in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Suchy Las, which lies to the immediate north of the city of Poznań....

(west).