Gmina Kościan 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 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 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...

, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.

The gmina covers an area of 202.27 square kilometres (78.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 15,042.

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

Gmina Kościan contains the villages and settlements of Bonikowo

Bonikowo

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

, Choryń

Choryn

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

, Czarkowo

Czarkowo, Koscian County

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

, Darnowo

Darnowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Granecznik

Granecznik

Granecznik is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kościan, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The settlement has a population of 37.-References:...

, Gryżyna

Gryzyna, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Gryżynka

Gryzynka

Gryżynka is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kościan, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The settlement has a population of 4.-References:...

, Gurostwo

Gurostwo

Gurostwo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kościan, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The settlement has a population of 5....

, Ignacewo

Ignacewo, Koscian County

Ignacewo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kościan, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The settlement has a population of 30.-References:...

, Januszewo

Januszewo, Koscian County

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

, Katarzynin

Katarzynin

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

, Kawczyn

Kawczyn, Koscian County

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

, Kiełczewo, Kobylniki

Kobylniki, Koscian County

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

, Kokorzyn

Kokorzyn

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

, Krzan

Krzan

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

, Kurowo

Kurowo, Koscian County

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

, Kurza Góra

Kurza Góra

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

, Łagiewniki, Mała Wyskoć, Mikoszki

Mikoszki

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

, Nacław, Nielęgowo

Nielegowo

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

, Nowe Oborzyska

Nowe Oborzyska

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

, Nowy Dębiec

Nowy Debiec

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

, Nowy Lubosz

Nowy Lubosz

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

, Osiek

Osiek, Koscian County

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

, Pelikan

Pelikan, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Pianowo

Pianowo

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

, Ponin

Ponin

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

, Racot

Racot

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

, Sepienko

Sepienko

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

, Sierakowo

Sierakowo, Koscian County

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

, Spytkówki

Spytkówki

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

, Stare Oborzyska

Stare Oborzyska

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

, Stary Lubosz

Stary Lubosz

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

, Szczodrowo

Szczodrowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Tamborowo

Tamborowo

Tamborowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kościan, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The settlement has a population of 4.-References:...

, Turew

Turew

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

, Widziszewo

Widziszewo

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

, Witkówki

Witkówki

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

, Wławie, Wronowo

Wronowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Wronowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kościan, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The village has a population of 19.-References:...

 and Wyskoć

Wyskoc

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kościan is bordered by the town 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 by the gminas of Czempiń

Gmina Czempin

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

, Kamieniec

Gmina Kamieniec

Gmina Kamieniec is a rural gmina in Grodzisk Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kamieniec, which lies approximately south-east of Grodzisk Wielkopolski and south-west of the regional capital Poznań.The gmina covers an area of , and...

, 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....

, Śmigiel

Gmina Smigiel

Gmina Śmigiel is an urban-rural gmina in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Śmigiel, which lies approximately south-west of Kościan and south-west of the regional capital Poznań.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

 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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