Gmina Swarzędz 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 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 town of Swarzędz

Swarzedz

Swarzędz is a town in central Poland of 29,766 inhabitants and a mixed urban-rural commune of 40,166 inhabitants...

, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) 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 101.99 square kilometres (39.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 40,499 (out of which the population of Swarzędz amounts to 29,894, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,605).

Villages

Apart from the town of Swarzędz, Gmina Swarzędz contains the villages and settlements of Bogucin

Bogucin, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Bogucin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Swarzędz, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Swarzędz and north-east of central Poznań. It lies just outside Poznań's city boundaries, on the main road to...

, Garby

Garby, Poznan County

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

, Gortatowo

Gortatowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Gruszczyn

Gruszczyn, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Janikowo

Janikowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Janikowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Swarzędz, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Swarzędz and north-east of central Poznań...

, Jasin

Jasin, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Karłowice, Katarzynki

Katarzynki, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Kobylnica

Kobylnica, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Kruszewnia

Kruszewnia

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

, Ligowiec

Ligowiec

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

, Łowęcin, Mechowo

Mechowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Paczkowo

Paczkowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Puszczykowo-Zaborze

Puszczykowo-Zaborze

Puszczykowo-Zaborze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Swarzędz, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The village has a population of 24.-References:...

, Rabowice

Rabowice

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

, Sarbinowo

Sarbinowo, Poznan County

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

, Sokolniki Gwiazdowskie

Sokolniki Gwiazdowskie

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

, Święcinek

Swiecinek

Święcinek is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Swarzędz, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Uzarzewo

Uzarzewo

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

, Wierzenica

Wierzenica

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

, Wierzonka

Wierzonka

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

 and Zalasewo

Zalasewo

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Swarzędz 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....

, Kleszczewo

Gmina Kleszczewo

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

, Kostrzyn

Gmina Kostrzyn

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

 and Pobiedziska

Gmina Pobiedziska

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

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