Gmina Buk 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 Poznań County

Poznan County

Poznań 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 Poznań, 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

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 Buk

Buk

Buk is a town in central Poland, situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship , previously in Poznań Voivodeship .The town's name means "Beech" in Polish, and the flag of the town shows a branch of beech, and three beech leaves....

, which lies approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) 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 90.32 square kilometres (34.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 11,917 (out of which the population of Buk amounts to 6,181, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,736).

Villages

Apart from the town of Buk, Gmina Buk contains the villages and settlements of Cieśle

Ciesle, Poznan County

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

, Dakowy Suche

Dakowy Suche

Dakowy Suche is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Buk, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Buk and south-west of the regional capital Poznań....

, Dobieżyn

Dobiezyn

Dobieżyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Buk, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Buk and west of the regional capital Poznań....

, Dobra

Dobra, Poznan County

Dobra is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Buk, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Buk and south-west of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

, Kalwy

Kalwy

Kalwy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Buk, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Buk and west of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a population of 162....

, Niepruszewo

Niepruszewo

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

, Otusz

Otusz

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

, Pawłówko, Szewce

Szewce, Gmina Buk

Szewce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Buk, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Szewce-Zgoda

Szewce-Zgoda

Szewce-Zgoda is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Buk, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Buk and west of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

, Sznyfin

Sznyfin

Sznyfin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Buk, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Wielka Wieś

Wielka Wies, Gmina Buk

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

, Wiktorowo

Wiktorowo, Gmina Buk

Wiktorowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Buk, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Wygoda

Wygoda, Poznan County

Wygoda is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Buk, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Buk and west of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a population of 20....

, Wysoczka

Wysoczka, Poznan County

Wysoczka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Buk, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Buk and west of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a population of 300....

 and Żegowo

Zegowo

Żegowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Buk, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Buk and west of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a population of 110....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Buk is bordered by the gminas of Dopiewo

Gmina Dopiewo

Gmina Dopiewo is a rural gmina in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Dopiewo, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań....

, Duszniki

Gmina Duszniki

Gmina Duszniki is a rural gmina in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Duszniki, which lies approximately south-west of Szamotuły and west of the regional capital Poznań....

, Granowo

Gmina Granowo

Gmina Granowo is a rural gmina in Grodzisk Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Granowo, which lies approximately east of Grodzisk Wielkopolski and south-west of the regional capital Poznań.The gmina covers an area of , and as of...

, Opalenica

Gmina Opalenica

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

, Stęszew

Gmina Steszew

Gmina Stęszew is an urban-rural gmina in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Stęszew, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Poznań....

 and Tarnowo Podgórne

Gmina Tarnowo Podgórne

Gmina Tarnowo Podgórne is a rural gmina in Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Tarnowo Podgórne, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Poznań....

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