Gmina Janikowo 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 Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

-Transportation:Transportation infrastructure is of critical importance to the voivodeship's economy. Kuyavia-Pomerania is a major node point in the Polish transportation system. Railway lines from the South and East pass through Bydgoszcz in order to reach the major ports on the Baltic Sea...

, in north-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 Janikowo

Janikowo

Janikowo is a town located in Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. It has a population of 9,072 ....

, which lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south-west of Inowrocław, 42 km (26 mi) south of Bydgoszcz, and 47 km (29 mi) south-west of Toruń

Torun

Toruń is an ancient city in northern Poland, on the Vistula River. Its population is more than 205,934 as of June 2009. Toruń is one of the oldest cities in Poland. The medieval old town of Toruń is the birthplace of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus....

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The gmina covers an area of 92.3 square kilometres (35.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 13,635 (out of which the population of Janikowo amounts to 9,111, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,524).

Villages

Apart from the town of Janikowo, Gmina Janikowo contains the villages and settlements of Broniewice

Broniewice

Broniewice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Janikowo, within Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.-References:...

, Dobieszewice

Dobieszewice

Dobieszewice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Janikowo, within Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Janikowo, west of Inowrocław, south of Bydgoszcz, and south-west of Toruń.-References:...

, Głogówiec, Góry

Góry, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Góry is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Janikowo, within Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Janikowo, south-west of Inowrocław, south of Bydgoszcz, and south-west of Toruń.-References:...

, Kołodziejewo, Kołuda Mała, Kołuda Wielka, Ludzisko

Ludzisko

Ludzisko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Janikowo, within Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Janikowo, south-west of Inowrocław, south of Bydgoszcz, and south-west of Toruń.-References:...

, Sielec and Trląg

Trlag

Trląg is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Janikowo, within Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Janikowo, south-west of Inowrocław, south of Bydgoszcz, and south-west of Toruń.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Janikowo is bordered by the gminas of Dąbrowa

Gmina Dabrowa, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Gmina Dąbrowa is a rural gmina in Mogilno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Dąbrowa, which lies approximately north of Mogilno and south of Bydgoszcz....

, Inowrocław, Mogilno

Gmina Mogilno

Gmina Mogilno is an urban-rural gmina in Mogilno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mogilno, which lies approximately south of Bydgoszcz....

, Pakość

Gmina Pakosc

Gmina Pakość is an urban-rural gmina in Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pakość, which lies approximately west of Inowrocław, south of Bydgoszcz, and south-west of Toruń.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

 and Strzelno

Gmina Strzelno

Gmina Strzelno, Poland, is an urban-rural gmina in Mogilno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland...

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