Gmina Szprotawa 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 Żagań County

Zagan County

Żagań 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 Żagań, which lies south of...

, 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 Szprotawa

Szprotawa

Szprotawa is a town in Poland, in Lubusz Voivodeship, in Żagań County. It has 12,648 inhabitants .- History :The first information about the terrains of today's Szprotawa comes at 1000 from the chronicle of bishop Thietmar of Merseburg, who accompanied the emperor Otto III on pilgrimage to the...

, which lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) south-east of Żagań

Zagan

Zagan may refer to:*Zagan - a demon in the Ars Goetia*Żagań - a town in west Poland...

 and 42 km (26 mi) south 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 232.31 square kilometres (89.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 21,732 (out of which the population of Szprotawa amounts to 12,613, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,119).

Villages

Apart from the town of Szprotawa, Gmina Szprotawa contains the villages and settlements of Biernatów

Biernatów, Lubusz Voivodeship

Biernatów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szprotawa, within Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Szprotawa, south-east of Żagań, and south of Zielona Góra....

, Bobrowice

Bobrowice, Zagan County

Bobrowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szprotawa, within Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Szprotawa, south-east of Żagań, and south of Zielona Góra....

, Borowina

Borowina, Lubusz Voivodeship

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

, Buczek

Buczek, Lubusz Voivodeship

Buczek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szprotawa, within Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Szprotawa, south-east of Żagań, and south of Zielona Góra....

, Cieciszów

Cieciszów

Cieciszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szprotawa, within Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately east of Szprotawa, east of Żagań, and south of Zielona Góra....

, Długie, Dziećmiarowice

Dziecmiarowice

Dziećmiarowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szprotawa, within Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Szprotawa, south-east of Żagań, and south of Zielona Góra....

, Dzikowice

Dzikowice

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

, Henryków

Henryków, Lubusz Voivodeship

Henryków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szprotawa, within Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately east of Szprotawa, east of Żagań, and south of Zielona Góra....

, Kartowice

Kartowice

Kartowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szprotawa, within Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany ....

, Leszno Dolne

Leszno Dolne

Leszno Dolne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szprotawa, within Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland...

, Leszno Górne

Leszno Górne

Leszno Górne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szprotawa, within Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Szprotawa, south-east of Żagań, and south of Zielona Góra....

, Nowa Kopernia

Nowa Kopernia

Nowa Kopernia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szprotawa, within Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Szprotawa, south-east of Żagań, and south of Zielona Góra....

, Pasterzowice

Pasterzowice

Pasterzowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szprotawa, within Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately east of Szprotawa, east of Żagań, and south of Zielona Góra....

, Siecieborzyce

Siecieborzyce

Siecieborzyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szprotawa, within Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north of Szprotawa, east of Żagań, and south of Zielona Góra....

, Sieraków

Sieraków, Lubusz Voivodeship

Sieraków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szprotawa, within Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Szprotawa, south-east of Żagań, and south of Zielona Góra....

, Wiechlice

Wiechlice

Wiechlice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szprotawa, within Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately east of Szprotawa, east of Żagań, and south of Zielona Góra....

 and Witków

Witków, Lubusz Voivodeship

Witków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szprotawa, within Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north of Szprotawa, east of Żagań, and south of Zielona Góra....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Szprotawa is bordered by the gminas of Bolesławiec, Gromadka

Gmina Gromadka

Gmina Gromadka is a rural gmina in Bolesławiec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland. Its seat is the village of Gromadka, which lies approximately north-east of Bolesławiec and west of the regional capital Wrocław.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Kożuchów

Gmina Kozuchów

Gmina Kożuchów is an urban-rural gmina in Nowa Sól County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the town of Kożuchów, which lies approximately south-west of Nowa Sól and south of Zielona Góra....

, Małomice, Niegosławice, Nowe Miasteczko

Gmina Nowe Miasteczko

Gmina Nowe Miasteczko is an urban-rural gmina in Nowa Sól County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowe Miasteczko, which lies approximately south of Nowa Sól and south-east of Zielona Góra....

, Osiecznica

Gmina Osiecznica

Gmina Osiecznica is a rural gmina in Bolesławiec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Osiecznica, which lies approximately north-west of Bolesławiec and west of the regional capital Wrocław.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Przemków

Gmina Przemków

Gmina Przemków is an urban-rural gmina in Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Przemków, which lies approximately west of Polkowice, and north-west of the regional capital Wrocław.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

 and Żagań

Gmina Zagan

Gmina Żagań is a rural gmina in Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the town of Żagań, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

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