Gmina Szlichtyngowa 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 Wschowa County

Wschowa County

Wschowa County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It was created in 2002 out of three gminas which previously belonged to Nowa Sól County. Its administrative seat and largest town is Wschowa, which lies east of Zielona Góra and ...

, 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 town of Szlichtyngowa

Szlichtyngowa

Szlichtyngowa is a town in Poland, in the Wschowa County of the Lubuskie Voivodship, near the Oder River.It was founded in 1644, about one mile behind the border between Silesia and Greater Poland by the junker Johann Georg von Schlichting who obtained a royal charter from the King Władysław IV...

, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Wschowa

Wschowa

Wschowa is a town in the Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland with 14,607 inhabitants . It is the capital of Wschowa County.-History:Wschowa was originally a border fortress in a region disputed by the Polish dukes of Silesia and Greater Poland. After German colonists had established a settlement nearby,...

 and 57 km (35 mi) south-east 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 ....

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The gmina covers an area of 99.74 square kilometres (38.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,109 (out of which the population of Szlichtyngowa amounts to 1,348, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,761).

Villages

Apart from the town of Szlichtyngowa, Gmina Szlichtyngowa contains the villages and settlements of Dryżyna

Dryzyna

Dryżyna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szlichtyngowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately east of Szlichtyngowa, south of Wschowa, and south-east of Zielona Góra.-References:...

, Gola

Gola, Gmina Szlichtyngowa

Gola is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szlichtyngowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Szlichtyngowa, south-west of Wschowa, and south-east of Zielona Góra.-References:...

, Górczyna

Górczyna, Wschowa County

Górczyna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szlichtyngowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland....

, Jędrzychowice

Jedrzychowice, Wschowa County

Jędrzychowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szlichtyngowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Szlichtyngowa, south of Wschowa, and south-east of Zielona Góra....

, Kowalewo

Kowalewo, Lubusz Voivodeship

Kowalewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szlichtyngowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately east of Szlichtyngowa, south of Wschowa, and east of Zielona Góra.-References:...

, Małe Drzewce, Nowe Drzewce

Nowe Drzewce

Nowe Drzewce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szlichtyngowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland....

, Puszcza

Puszcza, Lubusz Voivodeship

Puszcza is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Szlichtyngowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Szlichtyngowa, south-west of Wschowa, and south-east of Zielona Góra....

, Stare Drzewce

Stare Drzewce

Stare Drzewce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szlichtyngowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Szlichtyngowa, south-west of Wschowa, and east of Zielona Góra.-References:...

, Wyszanów

Wyszanów, Lubusz Voivodeship

Wyszanów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szlichtyngowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland....

 and Zamysłów.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Szlichtyngowa is bordered by the gminas of Głogów, Kotla, Niechlów

Gmina Niechlów

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

, Pęcław, Sława 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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