Gmina Pleszew 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 Pleszew County

Pleszew County

Pleszew 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 only town is Pleszew, 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 Pleszew

Pleszew

Pleszew is a town in Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, about 90 km southeast of Poznań. It is the capital of Pleszew County...

, which lies approximately 83 kilometres (52 mi) south-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 180.15 square kilometres (69.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 29,790 (out of which the population of Pleszew amounts to 17,787, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,003).

Villages

Apart from the town of Pleszew, Gmina Pleszew contains the villages and settlements of Baranówek

Baranówek, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Bógwidze

Bógwidze

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

, Borucin

Borucin, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Bronów

Bronów, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Brzezie

Brzezie, Pleszew County

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

, Dobra Nadzieja

Dobra Nadzieja

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

, Grodzisko

Grodzisko, Pleszew County

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

, Janków

Janków, Pleszew County

Janków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pleszew, within Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The village has a population of 100.-References:...

, Korzkwy

Korzkwy

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

, Kowalew

Kowalew, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Kuczków

Kuczków, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Lenartowice

Lenartowice, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Ludwina

Ludwina, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Marszew

Marszew, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Nowa Wieś

Nowa Wies, Gmina Pleszew

Nowa Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pleszew, within Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies just south of Pleszew, and south-east of the regional capital Poznań....

, Pacanowice

Pacanowice

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

, Piekarzew

Piekarzew

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

, Prokopów

Prokopów

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

, Rokutów

Rokutów

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

, Sowina

Sowina, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Sowina Błotna, Suchorzew

Suchorzew

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

, Taczanów Drugi

Taczanów Drugi

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

, Taczanów Pierwszy

Taczanów Pierwszy

Taczanów Pierwszy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pleszew, within Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Zawady

Zawady, Pleszew County

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

, Zawidowice

Zawidowice, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

 and Zielona Łąka.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Pleszew is bordered by the gminas of Blizanów

Gmina Blizanów

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

, Chocz

Gmina Chocz

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

, Czermin

Gmina Czermin, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Dobrzyca

Gmina Dobrzyca

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

, Gołuchów, Kotlin

Gmina Kotlin

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

, Ostrów Wielkopolski

Gmina Ostrów Wielkopolski

Gmina Ostrów Wielkopolski is a rural gmina in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland...

 and Raszków

Gmina Raszków

Gmina Raszków is an urban-rural gmina in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland...

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