Gmina Rydzyna 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 Leszno County

Leszno County

Leszno 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 Leszno, 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 Rydzyna

Rydzyna

Rydzyna is a Polish town that was the seat of king Stanisław Leszczyński during Leszczyński's first short reign from 1704-1709. Rydzyna is known as "the pearl of the Polish baroque"....

, which lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Leszno

Leszno

Leszno is a town in central Poland with 63,955 inhabitants . Situated in the southern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship since 1999, it was previously the capital of the Leszno Voivodeship . The town has county status.-History:...

 and 69 km (43 mi) south 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 135.56 square kilometres (52.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,076 (out of which the population of Rydzyna amounts to 2,539, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,537).

Villages

Apart from the town of Rydzyna, Gmina Rydzyna contains the villages and settlements of Augustowo

Augustowo, Leszno County

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

, Dąbcze

Dabcze

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

, Jabłonna, Junoszyn

Junoszyn

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

, Kaczkowo

Kaczkowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Kłoda, Lasotki

Lasotki, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Lasotki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rydzyna, within Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Maruszewo

Maruszewo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Maruszewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rydzyna, within Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The village has a population of 74.-References:...

, Moraczewo

Moraczewo, Leszno County

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

, Nowawieś

Nowawies

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

, Nowy Świat

Nowy Swiat, Leszno County

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

, Pomykowo

Pomykowo

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

, Przybina

Przybina

Przybina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rydzyna, within Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Robczysko

Robczysko

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

, Rojęczyn

Rojeczyn

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

, Tarnowałąka, Tworzanice

Tworzanice

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

 and Tworzanki

Tworzanki

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Rydzyna is bordered by the city of Leszno

Leszno

Leszno is a town in central Poland with 63,955 inhabitants . Situated in the southern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship since 1999, it was previously the capital of the Leszno Voivodeship . The town has county status.-History:...

 and by the gminas of Bojanowo

Gmina Bojanowo

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

, Góra

Gmina Góra

Gmina Góra is an urban-rural gmina in Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Góra, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Wrocław....

, Krzemieniewo

Gmina Krzemieniewo

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

, Osieczna

Gmina Osieczna, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Poniec

Gmina Poniec

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

 and Święciechowa

Gmina Swieciechowa

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

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