Gmina Margonin 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 Chodzież County

Chodziez County

Chodzież 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 Chodzież, which...

, 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 Margonin

Margonin

Margonin is a town in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,941 inhabitants .- History :Margonin is first mentioned when Archbishop Jarosław Skotnicki of Gnesen and the Bishop of Posen, Jan Doliwa, agreed on May 15, 1364 that Margonin parish should belong to the Posen...

, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) east of Chodzież

Chodziez

Chodzież is a town in northwestern Poland with 20,400 inhabitants . Situated in the Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship , previously in Piła Voivodeship .-Geography:...

 and 64 km (40 mi) north 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 122 square kilometres (47.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,414 (out of which the population of Margonin amounts to 2,956, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,458).

Villages

Apart from the town of Margonin, Gmina Margonin contains the villages and settlements of Adolfowo

Adolfowo, Chodziez County

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

, Bugaj

Bugaj, Chodziez County

Bugaj is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Margonin, within Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Margonin, east of Chodzież, and north of the regional capital Poznań....

, Dębiniec

Debiniec, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Karolinka

Karolinka, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Karolinka is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Margonin, within Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Klaudia

Klaudia, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Klaudia is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Margonin, within Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Klotyldzin

Klotyldzin

Klotyldzin is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Margonin, within Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Margonin, east of Chodzież, and north of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

, Kowalewo

Kowalewo, Chodziez County

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

, Lipiniec

Lipiniec

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

, Lipiny

Lipiny, Chodziez County

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

, Marcinek

Marcinek, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Marcinek is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Margonin, within Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Margońska Wieś

Margonska Wies

Margońska Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Margonin, within Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Młynary, Próchnowo

Próchnowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Radwanki

Radwanki, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Studźce

Studzce

Studźce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Margonin, within Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Sułaszewo, Sypniewo

Sypniewo, Chodziez County

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

, Tereska

Tereska

Tereska is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Margonin, within Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Witkowice

Witkowice, Chodziez County

Witkowice is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Margonin, within Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Zbyszewice

Zbyszewice, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

 and Żoń

Zon

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Margonin is bordered by the gminas of Budzyń

Gmina Budzyn

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

, Chodzież

Gmina Chodziez

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

, Gołańcz, Szamocin

Gmina Szamocin

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

 and Wągrowiec

Gmina Wagrowiec

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

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