Gmina Stawiszyn 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 Kalisz County

Kalisz County

Kalisz 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 Kalisz, 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 Stawiszyn

Stawiszyn

Stawiszyn is a town in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,569 inhabitants . It is the urban part of the larger Stawiszyn Commune, a mixed urban-rural municipality . The town has a land area of only 0.99 km², and is the smallest town in geographical area in...

, which lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of Kalisz

Kalisz

Kalisz is a city in central Poland with 106,857 inhabitants , the capital city of the Kalisz Region. Situated on the Prosna river in the southeastern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship, the city forms a conurbation with the nearby towns of Ostrów Wielkopolski and Nowe Skalmierzyce...

 and 98 km (61 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 78.27 square kilometres (30.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,244 (out of which the population of Stawiszyn amounts to 1,554, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,690).

Villages

Apart from the town of Stawiszyn, Gmina Stawiszyn contains the villages and settlements of Długa Wieś Druga, Długa Wieś Pierwsza, Długa Wieś Trzecia, Łyczyn, Miedza

Miedza, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Nowy Kiączyn

Nowy Kiaczyn

Nowy Kiączyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stawiszyn, within Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Ostrówek

Ostrówek, Kalisz County

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

, Petryki

Petryki

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

, Piątek Mały, Piątek Mały-Kolonia, Piątek Wielki

Piatek Wielki

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

, Pólko

Pólko, Gmina Stawiszyn

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

, Stary Kiączyn

Stary Kiaczyn

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

, Werginki

Werginki

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

, Wyrów

Wyrów, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Zbiersk

Zbiersk

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

, Zbiersk-Cukrownia

Zbiersk-Cukrownia

Zbiersk-Cukrownia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stawiszyn, within Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Stawiszyn, north of Kalisz, and south-east of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a population...

, Zbiersk-Kolonia

Zbiersk-Kolonia

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

 and Złotniki Małe-Kolonia.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Stawiszyn 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....

, Grodziec

Gmina Grodziec

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

, Mycielin

Gmina Mycielin

Gmina Mycielin is a rural gmina in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It takes its name from the village of Mycielin, but its administrative seat is the village of Słuszków, which lies approximately north-east of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital...

, Rychwał and Żelazków

Gmina Zelazków

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

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