Gmina Święciechowa 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 Leszno County

Leszno County

Leszno 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 Leszno, 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 Święciechowa

Swieciechowa

Święciechowa is a village in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Święciechowa. It lies approximately west of Leszno and south-west of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a population of 2,640.-References:...

, which lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Leszno

Leszno

Leszno is a town in central Poland with 63,955 inhabitants . Situated in the southern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship since 1999, it was previously the capital of the Leszno Voivodeship . The town has county status.-History:...

 and 68 km (42 mi) south-west 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 134.97 square kilometres (52.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,088.

Villages

Gmina Święciechowa contains the villages and settlements of Długie Nowe, Długie Stare, Henrykowo

Henrykowo, Leszno County

Henrykowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Święciechowa, within Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Krzycko Małe, Książęcy Las

Ksiazecy Las

Książęcy Las is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Święciechowa, within Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Lasocice

Lasocice, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Niechłód, Ogrody

Ogrody, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Osada Leśna

Osada Lesna, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Osada Leśna is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Święciechowa, within Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Piotrowice

Piotrowice, Leszno County

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

, Przybyszewo

Przybyszewo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Strzyżewice

Strzyzewice, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Strzyżewice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Święciechowa, within Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Święciechowa

Swieciechowa

Święciechowa is a village in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Święciechowa. It lies approximately west of Leszno and south-west of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a population of 2,640.-References:...

 and Trzebiny

Trzebiny

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Święciechowa is bordered by the city of Leszno

Leszno

Leszno is a town in central Poland with 63,955 inhabitants . Situated in the southern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship since 1999, it was previously the capital of the Leszno Voivodeship . The town has county status.-History:...

 and by the gminas of Góra

Gmina Góra

Gmina Góra is an urban-rural gmina in Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Góra, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Wrocław....

, Lipno

Gmina Lipno, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, 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....

, Włoszakowice and Wschowa

Gmina Wschowa

Gmina Wschowa is an urban-rural gmina in Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the town of Wschowa, which lies approximately east of Zielona Góra....

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