Gmina Pogorzela 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 Gostyń County

Gostyn County

Gostyń 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 Gostyń, 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 Pogorzela

Pogorzela

Pogorzela is a town in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,958 inhabitants ....

, which lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-east of Gostyń

Gostyn

Gostyń is a town in Greater Poland Voivodeship , in Gostyń County. According to 30 June 2004 data its population was 20,746.-Geography:Gostyń is located at 17°01' East and 51°53' North....

 and 68 km (42 mi) south 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 96.47 square kilometres (37.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,157 (out of which the population of Pogorzela amounts to 1,974, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,183).

Villages

Apart from the town of Pogorzela, Gmina Pogorzela contains the villages and settlements of Bielawy Pogorzelskie

Bielawy Pogorzelskie

Bielawy Pogorzelskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pogorzela, within Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Bułaków, Dobrapomoc

Dobrapomoc

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

, Elżbietków

Elzbietków

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

, Głuchów, Głuchówek, Gumienice

Gumienice, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Józefów Ochelski

Józefów Ochelski

Józefów Ochelski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pogorzela, within Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Kaczagórka

Kaczagórka

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

, Kromolice

Kromolice, Gostyn County

Kromolice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pogorzela, within Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Pogorzela, south-east of Gostyń, and south of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a population of...

, Łukaszew, Małgów, Międzyborze

Miedzyborze, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Nowiny

Nowiny, Gostyn County

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

, Ochla

Ochla, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Paradów

Paradów

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

, Stawy

Stawy, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Taczanówko

Taczanówko

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

 and Wziąchów

Wziachów

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Pogorzela is bordered by the gminas of Borek Wielkopolski

Gmina Borek Wielkopolski

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

, Kobylin

Gmina Kobylin

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

, Koźmin Wielkopolski

Gmina Kozmin Wielkopolski

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

, Krotoszyn

Gmina Krotoszyn

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

, Pępowo

Gmina Pepowo

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

 and Piaski

Gmina Piaski, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

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