Gmina Kostrzyn 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 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 town of Kostrzyn

Kostrzyn

Kostrzyn is a town in Poland, in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, with 8,398 inhabitants . Katarzyna Tomicka was born nearby in Iwno....

, which lies approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) 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 154 square kilometres (59.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 15,456 (out of which the population of Kostrzyn amounts to 8,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,917).

Villages

Apart from the town of Kostrzyn, Gmina Kostrzyn contains the villages and settlements of Antonin

Antonin, Poznan County

Antonin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kostrzyn, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Brzeźno

Brzezno, Poznan County

Brzeźno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kostrzyn, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Buszkówiec

Buszkówiec

Buszkówiec is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kostrzyn, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Chorzałki, Czerlejnko

Czerlejnko

Czerlejnko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kostrzyn, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Czerlejno

Czerlejno

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

, Drzązgowo

Drzazgowo, Poznan County

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

, Glinka Duchowna

Glinka Duchowna

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

, Glinka Szlachecka

Glinka Szlachecka

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

, Gułtowy, Gwiazdowo

Gwiazdowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Iwno

Iwno, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Jagodno

Jagodno, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Klony

Klony, Poznan County

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

, Leśna Grobla

Lesna Grobla

Leśna Grobla is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kostrzyn, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Libartowo

Libartowo

Libartowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kostrzyn, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Ługowiny, Rujsca

Rujsca

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

, Sanniki

Sanniki, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Siedlec

Siedlec, Poznan County

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

, Siedleczek

Siedleczek

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

, Siekierki Małe, Siekierki Wielkie

Siekierki Wielkie

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

, Skałowo, Sokolniki Drzązgowskie

Sokolniki Drzazgowskie

Sokolniki Drzązgowskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kostrzyn, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Sokolniki Klonowskie

Sokolniki Klonowskie

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

, Strumiany

Strumiany, Poznan County

Strumiany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kostrzyn, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Tarnowo

Tarnowo, Poznan County

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

, Trzek

Trzek

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

, Węgierskie

Wegierskie, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Wiktorowo

Wiktorowo, Gmina Kostrzyn

Wiktorowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kostrzyn, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

 and Wróblewo

Wróblewo, Poznan County

Wróblewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kostrzyn, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kostrzyn is bordered by the gminas of Dominowo

Gmina Dominowo

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

, Kleszczewo

Gmina Kleszczewo

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

, Nekla

Gmina Nekla

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

, 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....

, Środa Wielkopolska

Gmina Sroda Wielkopolska

Gmina Środa Wielkopolska is an urban-rural gmina in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland...

 and 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....

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