Brzeziny, Kalisz County
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Brzeziny b is a village
in Kalisz County
, Greater Poland Voivodeship
, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina
(administrative district) called Gmina Brzeziny
. It lies approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) south-east of Kalisz
and 129 km (80 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań
.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Kalisz County
Kalisz County
Kalisz 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 Kalisz, 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. It is the seat of the 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) called Gmina Brzeziny
Gmina Brzeziny, Greater Poland Voivodeship
Gmina Brzeziny is a rural gmina in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Brzeziny, which lies approximately south-east of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital Poznań....
. It lies approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) south-east of Kalisz
Kalisz
Kalisz is a city in central Poland with 106,857 inhabitants , the capital city of the Kalisz Region. Situated on the Prosna river in the southeastern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship, the city forms a conurbation with the nearby towns of Ostrów Wielkopolski and Nowe Skalmierzyce...
and 129 km (80 mi) south-east 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...
.