Gmina Szczaniec 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 Świebodzin County

Swiebodzin County

Świebodzin County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lubusz Voivodeship, western 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 Świebodzin, which lies north...

, Lubusz Voivodeship

Lubusz Voivodeship

- Administrative division :Lubusz Voivodeship is divided into 14 counties : 2 city counties and 12 land counties. These are further divided into 83 gminas....

, in western 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 Szczaniec

Szczaniec

Szczaniec is a village in Świebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Szczaniec. It lies approximately east of Świebodzin, north of Zielona Góra, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.The village has a population of 1,473.-References:...

, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) east of Świebodzin

Swiebodzin

Świebodzin is a town in western Poland with 21,757 inhabitants . It is the capital of Świebodzin CountyIt was formerly part of the Zielona Góra Voivodeship , a reconfiguration of the old German state of Prussia, the eastern 40% of which was inherited by Poland in 1945, and led to the expulsion of...

, 39 km (24 mi) north of Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra is a city in Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, with 117,557 inhabitants within the city limits and 294,000 inhabitants within the metropolitan area, including three neighbouring counties ....

, and 60 km (37 mi) south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski

Gorzów Wielkopolski

Gorzów Wielkopolski is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river. It is the biggest city in the Lubusz Voivodeship with 125,149 inhabitants...

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The gmina covers an area of 112.92 square kilometres (43.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,946.

Villages

Gmina Szczaniec contains the villages and settlements of Brudzewo

Brudzewo, Lubusz Voivodeship

Brudzewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczaniec, within Świebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.The village has a population of 103.-References:...

, Dąbrówka Mała, Kiełcze, Koźminek

Kozminek, Lubusz Voivodeship

Koźminek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczaniec, within Świebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Szczaniec, east of Świebodzin, north-east of Zielona Góra, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.The village has a...

, Myszęcin

Myszecin

Myszęcin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczaniec, within Świebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Szczaniec, north-east of Świebodzin, north of Zielona Góra, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.The village has a...

, Nowe Karcze

Nowe Karcze

Nowe Karcze is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Szczaniec, within Świebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Szczaniec, north-east of Świebodzin, north of Zielona Góra, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.The settlement...

, Ojerzyce

Ojerzyce

Ojerzyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczaniec, within Świebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Szczaniec, east of Świebodzin, north of Zielona Góra, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.The village has a population...

, Opalewo

Opalewo

Opalewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczaniec, within Świebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.The village has a population of 165....

, Smardzewo

Smardzewo, Lubusz Voivodeship

Smardzewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczaniec, within Świebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south of Szczaniec, south-east of Świebodzin, north-east of Zielona Góra, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.The village has a...

, Szczaniec

Szczaniec

Szczaniec is a village in Świebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Szczaniec. It lies approximately east of Świebodzin, north of Zielona Góra, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.The village has a population of 1,473.-References:...

, Wilenko

Wilenko

Wilenko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczaniec, within Świebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.The village has a population of 119....

 and Wolimirzyce

Wolimirzyce

Wolimirzyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczaniec, within Świebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south of Szczaniec, south-east of Świebodzin, north of Zielona Góra, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.The village has a...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Szczaniec is bordered by the gminas of Babimost

Gmina Babimost

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

, Sulechów

Gmina Sulechów

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

, Świebodzin

Gmina Swiebodzin

Gmina Świebodzin is an urban-rural gmina in Świebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the town of Świebodzin, which lies approximately north of Zielona Góra and south of Gorzów Wielkopolski....

, Trzciel

Gmina Trzciel

Gmina Trzciel is an urban-rural gmina in Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the town of Trzciel, which lies approximately south-east of Międzyrzecz, north-east of Zielona Góra, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006...

 and Zbąszynek

Gmina Zbaszynek

Gmina Zbąszynek is an urban-rural gmina in Świebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the town of Zbąszynek, which lies approximately east of Świebodzin, north-east of Zielona Góra, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...

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