Gmina Suchy Las is a 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 village of Suchy Las

Suchy Las

Suchy Las is a village in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Suchy Las. It lies just north of the regional capital Poznań, approximately from the city centre....

, which lies to the immediate north of the city of 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 116.55 square kilometres (45 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 13,219.

Villages

Gmina Suchy Las contains the villages and settlements of Biedrusko

Biedrusko

Biedrusko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Suchy Las, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies on the Warta river, approximately north of the regional capital Poznań. In 2006 the village had a population of 2,200.Biedrusko is first...

, Chludowo

Chludowo

Chludowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Suchy Las, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a population of 1,000....

, Golęczewo

Goleczewo

Golęczewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Suchy Las, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Suchy Las and north-west of the regional capital Poznań....

, Suchy Las

Suchy Las

Suchy Las is a village in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Suchy Las. It lies just north of the regional capital Poznań, approximately from the city centre....

, Zielątkowo

Zielatkowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Zielątkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Suchy Las, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Suchy Las and north-west of the regional capital Poznań....

, Złotkowo and Złotniki. It also contains the former villages of Chojnica

Chojnica, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Chojnica is a former village in the administrative district of Gmina Suchy Las, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The site of the village is now within the area of the military training ground centred on Biedrusko....

, Glinienko

Glinienko

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

, Glinno

Glinno, Poznan County

Glinno is a former village in the administrative district of Gmina Suchy Las, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Suchy Las and north of the regional capital Poznań....

, Knyszyna

Knyszyna

Knyszyna is a former village in the administrative district of Gmina Suchy Las, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The site of the village is now within the area of the military training ground centred on Biedrusko....

, Łagiewniki, Okalewo

Okalewo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Okalewo is a former village in the administrative district of Gmina Suchy Las, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The site of the village is now within the area of the military training ground centred on Biedrusko....

, Trzuskotowo

Trzuskotowo

Trzuskotowo is a former village in the administrative district of Gmina Suchy Las, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The site of the village is now within the area of the military training ground centred on Biedrusko....

 and Tworkowo

Tworkowo

Tworkowo is a former village in the administrative district of Gmina Suchy Las, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Suchy Las and north of the regional capital Poznań....

, now uninhabited, which lie within the area of the military training area centred on Biedrusko.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Suchy Las is bordered by the city of 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...

 and by the gminas of 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....

, Murowana Goślina

Gmina Murowana Goslina

Gmina Murowana Goślina is an urban-rural gmina in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Murowana Goślina, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina consists of Murowana Goślina and the countryside and villages...

, 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....

 and Rokietnica

Gmina Rokietnica, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

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