Gmina Wieleń 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 Czarnków-Trzcianka County

Czarnków-Trzcianka County

Czarnków-Trzcianka 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 town of Czarnków,...

, 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 Wieleń

Wielen

Wieleń is a town in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. It is situated on the river Noteć. Zbigniew Stochaj is the mayor of the city since 2001.- Historical monuments :...

, which lies approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) west of Czarnków

Czarnków

Czarnków is a town in Poland in Czarnków-Trzcianka County in Greater Poland Voivodeship, previously in Piła Voivodeship . It has 12,000 inhabitants.The town lies on the Noteć river...

 and 75 km (47 mi) north-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 428.32 square kilometres (165.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 12,572 (out of which the population of Wieleń amounts to 5,940, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,632).

Villages

Apart from the town of Wieleń, Gmina Wieleń contains the villages and settlements of Biała, Dębogóra

Debogóra, Czarnków-Trzcianka County

Dębogóra is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieleń, within Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Wieleń, west of Czarnków, and north-west of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a population of...

, Dzierżążno Małe, Dzierżążno Wielkie

Dzierzazno Wielkie

Dzierżążno Wielkie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieleń, within Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Wieleń, west of Czarnków, and north-west of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a...

, Folsztyn

Folsztyn

Folsztyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieleń, within Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Wieleń, west of Czarnków, and north-west of the regional capital Poznań. It is considered by most to be...

, Gieczynek

Gieczynek

Gieczynek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieleń, within Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Wieleń, west of Czarnków, and north-west of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

, Gulcz

Gulcz

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

, Hamrzysko

Hamrzysko

Hamrzysko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieleń, within Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wieleń, south-west of Czarnków, and north-west of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

, Herburtowo

Herburtowo

Herburtowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieleń, within Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Kałądek, Kocień Wielki

Kocien Wielki

Kocień Wielki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieleń, within Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Wieleń, west of Czarnków, and north-west of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

, Kuźniczka

Kuzniczka, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Kuźniczka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieleń, within Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Wieleń, west of Czarnków, and north-west of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

, Marianowo

Marianowo, Czarnków-Trzcianka County

Marianowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieleń, within Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Mężyk

Mezyk

Mężyk is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieleń, within Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wieleń, west of Czarnków, and north-west of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

, Miały, Nowe Dwory

Nowe Dwory, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Nowe Dwory is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieleń, within Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Wieleń, west of Czarnków, and north-west of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a population of...

, Rosko

Rosko, Poland

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

, Wrzeszczyna

Wrzeszczyna

Wrzeszczyna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieleń, within Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wieleń, west of Czarnków, and north-west of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a population...

 and Zielonowo

Zielonowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Zielonowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieleń, within Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wieleń is bordered by the gminas of Czarnków

Gmina Czarnków

Gmina Czarnków is a rural gmina in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czarnków, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Człopa, Drawsko

Gmina Drawsko

Gmina Drawsko is a rural gmina in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Drawsko, which lies approximately west of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Krzyż Wielkopolski

Gmina Krzyz Wielkopolski

Gmina Krzyż Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland...

, Lubasz

Gmina Lubasz

Gmina Lubasz is a rural gmina in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Lubasz, which lies approximately south-west of Czarnków and north-west of the regional capital Poznań.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Trzcianka

Gmina Trzcianka

Gmina Trzcianka is an urban-rural gmina in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland...

 and Wronki

Gmina Wronki

Gmina Wronki is an urban-rural gmina in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wronki, which lies approximately north-west of Szamotuły and north-west of the regional capital Poznań.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

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