Gmina Wapno
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Gmina Wapno 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 Wągrowiec County
Wagrowiec County
Wągrowiec 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 Wągrowiec, 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 village of Wapno
Wapno
Wapno is a village in Wągrowiec County, in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, close to the border with Żnin County. Wapno is Polish for Lime and reflects the large gypsum and lime deposits in the area...

, which lies approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) north-east of Wągrowiec
Wagrowiec
Wągrowiec is a town in northwestern Poland, 50 km from both Poznań and Bydgoszcz. Since the 18th century it has been the a seat of a powiat. It is currently attached to the Greater Poland Voivodeship...

 and 68 km (42 mi) north-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 44.19 square kilometres (17.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,068.

Villages

Gmina Wapno contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrowo
Aleksandrowo, Wagrowiec County
Aleksandrowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wapno, within Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Wapno, north-east of Wągrowiec, and north-east of the regional capital Poznań.The village has a population of...

, Graboszewo
Graboszewo, Wagrowiec County
Graboszewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wapno, within Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

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

, Podolin
Podolin
Podolin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wapno, within Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Wapno, north-east of Wągrowiec, and north-east of the regional capital Poznań.The village is first mentioned in an...

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

, Srebrna Góra
Srebrna Góra (Wapno)
Srebrna Góra is a village in the Wapno area. It is located in the county of Wągrowiec in the western-central territorial division of the Greater Poland Voivodship....

, Stołężyn and Wapno
Wapno
Wapno is a village in Wągrowiec County, in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, close to the border with Żnin County. Wapno is Polish for Lime and reflects the large gypsum and lime deposits in the area...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wapno is bordered by the gminas of Damasławek, Gołańcz, Kcynia
Gmina Kcynia
Gmina Kcynia is an urban-rural gmina in Nakło County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kcynia, which lies approximately south-west of Nakło nad Notecią and west of Bydgoszcz....

 and Żnin
Gmina Znin
Gmina Żnin is an urban-rural gmina in Żnin County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Żnin, which lies approximately south-west of Bydgoszcz....

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