Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolski
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Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolski 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 Grodzisk Wielkopolski County
Grodzisk Wielkopolski County
Grodzisk Wielkopolski 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 and largest town is...

, 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 Grodzisk Wielkopolski
Grodzisk Wielkopolski
Grodzisk Wielkopolski is a town in western Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship , with a population of 13,703 . It is south-west of Poznań, the voivodeship capital. It is the seat of Grodzisk Wielkopolski County, and also of the smaller administrative district called Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolski...

, which lies approximately 42 kilometres (26 mi) south-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 134.49 square kilometres (51.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 18,616 (out of which the population of Grodzisk Wielkopolski amounts to 13,703, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,913).

Villages

Apart from the town of Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolski contains the villages and settlements of Albertowsko
Albertowsko
Albertowsko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolski, within Grodzisk Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Grodzisk Wielkopolski and west of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a...

, Biała Wieś, Borzysław, Chrustowo
Chrustowo, Grodzisk Wielkopolski County
Chrustowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolski, within Grodzisk Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Czarna Wieś
Czarna Wies, Greater Poland Voivodeship
Czarna Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolski, within Grodzisk Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Grodzisk Wielkopolski and south-west of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a...

, Grąblewo
Grablewo
Grąblewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolski, within Grodzisk Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The village has a population of 572.-References:...

, Kąkolewo
Kakolewo, Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolski
Kąkolewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolski, within Grodzisk Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Grodzisk Wielkopolski and west of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a population...

, Kobylniki
Kobylniki, Grodzisk Wielkopolski County
Kobylniki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolski, within Grodzisk Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Grodzisk Wielkopolski and south-west of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a...

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

, Lasówki
Lasówki
Lasówki is a village in western Poland, in the administrative district of Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolski, 3 km northwest of the town, situated on the road to Nowy Tomyśl. It houses the local Forest District Administration and has a lot of new buildings....

, Lulin
Lulin, Grodzisk Wielkopolski County
Lulin is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolski, within Grodzisk Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The settlement has a population of 23.-References:...

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

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

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

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

, Woźniki
Wozniki, Grodzisk Wielkopolski County
Woźniki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolski, within Grodzisk Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Grodzisk Wielkopolski and south-west of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a...

 and Zdrój
Zdrój, Greater Poland Voivodeship
Zdrój is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolski, within Grodzisk Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Grodzisk Wielkopolski and south-west of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolski is bordered by the gminas of 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...

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

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

, 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...

 and Rakoniewice
Gmina Rakoniewice
Gmina Rakoniewice is an urban-rural gmina in Grodzisk Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland...

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