Gmina Poniec 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 Poniec

Poniec

Poniec is a town situated in the southern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship , formerly in Leszno Voivodeship , in Poland. The town has about 3,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of a commune in Gostyń County....

, which lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-west 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 72 km (45 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 132.32 square kilometres (51.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,866 (out of which the population of Poniec amounts to 2,875, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,991).

Villages

Apart from the town of Poniec, Gmina Poniec contains the villages and settlements of Bączylas

Baczylas

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

, Bogdanki

Bogdanki, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Czarkowo

Czarkowo, Gostyn County

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

, Drzewce

Drzewce, Gostyn County

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

, Dzięczyna

Dzieczyna

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

, Dzięczynka

Dzieczynka

Dzięczynka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poniec, within Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The village has a population of 35.-References:...

, Franciszkowo

Franciszkowo, Gostyn County

Franciszkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poniec, within Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The village has a population of 36.-References:...

, Grodzisko

Grodzisko, Gostyn County

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

, Janiszewo

Janiszewo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Kopanie

Kopanie, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Kopanie is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Poniec, within Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The settlement has a population of 58.-References:...

, Łęka Mała, Maciejewo

Maciejewo, Gostyn County

Maciejewo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Poniec, within Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The settlement has a population of 11.-References:...

, Miechcin

Miechcin

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

, Rokosowo

Rokosowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Sarbinowo

Sarbinowo, Gostyn County

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

, Śmiłowo, Szurkowo

Szurkowo, Gostyn County

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

, Teodozewo

Teodozewo

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

, Waszkowo

Waszkowo

Waszkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poniec, within Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Poniec, south-west of Gostyń, and south of the regional capital Poznań. In 2006 it had a population of approximately 160...

, Włostki, Wydawy

Wydawy, Gostyn County

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

, Zawada

Zawada, Gostyn County

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

 and Żytowiecko

Zytowiecko

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Poniec is bordered by the gminas of Bojanowo

Gmina Bojanowo

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

, Gostyń

Gmina Gostyn

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

, Krobia

Gmina Krobia

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

, Krzemieniewo

Gmina Krzemieniewo

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

, Miejska Górka

Gmina Miejska Górka

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

 and Rydzyna

Gmina Rydzyna

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

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