Gmina Murowana Goślina 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 Murowana Goślina

Murowana Goslina

Murowana Goślina is a town in Poznań County in western Poland, with 10,336 inhabitants . It lies approximately north of the major city of Poznań, on the main road and railway line to Wągrowiec...

, which lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north 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 consists of Murowana Goślina and the countryside and villages mainly to the north and east of that town. Much of the eastern part of the gmina is covered by the forests of the 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...

.

The gmina covers an area of 172.08 square kilometres (66.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 15,766 (out of which the population of Murowana Goślina amounts to 10,140, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,626).

Villages

Apart from the town of Murowana Goślina, the gmina contains the villages and settlements of Białęgi, Białężyn, Boduszewo

Boduszewo

Boduszewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Murowana Goślina, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Murowana Goślina and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. It is close to the edge of the forests of the...

, Długa Goślina, Głębocko, Głęboczek, Kamińsko

Kaminsko, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Łopuchówko, Łopuchowo, Łoskoń Stary, Mściszewo

Msciszewo

Mściszewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Murowana Goślina, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Murowana Goślina and north of the regional capital Poznań. The village has a population of 292.Mściszewo...

, Nieszawa

Nieszawa, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Nieszawa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Murowana Goślina, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Murowana Goślina , and north of the regional capital Poznań. It is first mentioned in written records in 1388...

, Pławno, Przebędowo

Przebedowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Przebędowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Murowana Goślina, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is immediately adjacent to Murowana Goślina , and north of the regional capital Poznań...

, Raduszyn

Raduszyn

Raduszyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Murowana Goślina, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies immediately to the west of the town of Murowana Goślina, approximately west of the town centre, and north of the regional capital Poznań...

, Rakownia

Rakownia

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

, Starczanowo

Starczanowo, Poznan County

Starczanowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Murowana Goślina, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Murowana Goślina and north of the regional capital Poznań. It was first mentioned in written records in...

, Trojanowo

Trojanowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Uchorowo

Uchorowo

Uchorowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Murowana Goślina, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Murowana Goślina , and north of the regional capital Poznań. The village has a population of 520.Uchorowo...

, Wojnówko

Wojnówko, Poznan County

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

, Wojnowo

Wojnowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Wojnowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Murowana Goślina, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Murowana Goślina and north of the regional capital Poznań. In 2004 it had a population of 387...

, Zielonka

Zielonka, Poznan County

Zielonka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Murowana Goślina, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Murowana Goślina and north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The village has an approximate population of...

 and Złotoryjsko.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Murowana Goślina is bordered by Gmina Oborniki

Gmina Oborniki

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

, Gmina Rogoźno

Gmina Rogozno

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

 and Gmina Skoki

Gmina Skoki

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

 to the north, Gmina Kiszkowo

Gmina Kiszkowo

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

 to the east, Gmina 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....

 to the south-east, Gmina Czerwonak

Gmina Czerwonak

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

 to the south, and Gmina 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....

 to the west. In the last case the boundary runs along the river Warta and has no crossing points.