Gmina Malanów is a 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 Turek County

Turek County

Turek 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 Turek, which lies ...

, 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 village of Malanów

Malanów, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Malanów is a village in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Malanów. It lies approximately south-west of Turek and south-east of the regional capital Poznań....

, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-west of Turek and 113 km (70 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...

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The gmina covers an area of 107.17 square kilometres (41.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,451. Malanów is a rural area, characterized by significant forestation (covering about 25% of the gmina's territory).

Villages and settlements in the gmina include Bibianna

Bibianna, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Brody

Brody, Turek County

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

, Celestyny

Celestyny

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

, Dziadowice

Dziadowice

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

, Dziadowice-Folwark

Dziadowice-Folwark

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

, Feliksów

Feliksów, Turek County

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

, Franulew

Franulew

Franulew is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Malanów, within Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Grąbków

Grabków

Grabków or Grąbków may refer to the following places:*Grabków, Łódź Voivodeship *Grabków, Końskie County in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship...

, Kokosz

Kokosz, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Kokosz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Malanów, within Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Kolnica

Kolnica, Gmina Malanów

Kolnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Malanów, within Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Kotwasice

Kotwasice

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

, Marysin

Marysin, Turek County

Marysin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Malanów, within Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Miłaczew, Miłaczew Kolonia, Miłaczewek, Miłaczewskie Młyny, Niedźwiady

Niedzwiady, Turek County

Niedźwiady is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Malanów, within Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Obrydy

Obrydy

Obrydy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Malanów, within Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Paździerowice

Pazdzierowice

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

, Popielarze

Popielarze, Turek County

Popielarze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Malanów, within Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Poroże

Poroze, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Rachowa

Rachowa

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

, Skarżyn-Kolonia

Skarzyn-Kolonia

Skarżyn-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Malanów, within Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Malanów, south-west of Turek, and south-east of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a population of...

, Stary Czachulec

Stary Czachulec

Stary Czachulec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Malanów, within Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Malanów, south-west of Turek, and south-east of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a population of...

, Targówka

Targówka, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Żdżenice

Zdzenice

Żdżenice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Malanów, within Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland...

 and Zygmuntówek

Zygmuntówek

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

. These are organized into the 17 sołectwos of Bibianna, Celestyny, Dziadowice, Dziadowice-Folwark, Feliksów, Grąbków, Kotwasice, Malanów, Miłaczew, Miłaczen, Kolonia, Miłaczewek, Poroże, Rachowa, Skarżyn Kolonia, Stary Czachulec, Targówka and Żdżenice.

Malanów commune emblem

The concept of the project was for the emblem to contain elements indispensably connected with this region. In the center of the emblem there is an oak which and is the symbol of the commune. The amblem also contains a church bell and a bishop's cross. All these elements are in gold, what symbolized fertility and rural character of the region. The emblem existst in its present form since 1999.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Malanów is bordered by the gminas of Ceków-Kolonia

Gmina Ceków-Kolonia

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

, Kawęczyn

Gmina Kaweczyn

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

, Mycielin

Gmina Mycielin

Gmina Mycielin is a rural gmina in Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It takes its name from the village of Mycielin, but its administrative seat is the village of Słuszków, which lies approximately north-east of Kalisz and south-east of the regional capital...

, Tuliszków

Gmina Tuliszków

Gmina Tuliszków is an urban-rural gmina in Turek County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuliszków, which lies approximately north-west of Turek and east of the regional capital Poznań....

 and Turek

Gmina Turek

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

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