Gmina Wieliszew
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Gmina Wieliszew 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 Legionowo County
Legionowo County
Legionowo County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Masovian Voivodeship, east-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 Legionowo, which lies ...

, Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship
-Administrative division:Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties : 5 city counties and 37 "land counties"...

, in east-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 Wieliszew
Wieliszew
Wieliszew is a village in Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland, in the bifurcation of the Vistula and Narew Rivers. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Wieliszew...

, which lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Legionowo
Legionowo
Legionowo is a town in Masovia . According to the 2004 Census estimate the town has a total population of 50,759.Legionowo is located ca. 23 km to the north-east of the center of Warsaw and only 7 km to the south of Zegrze Reservoir , near the Warsaw-Gdańsk railroad and Warsaw-Suwałki...

 and 26 km (16 mi) north of Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

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The gmina covers an area of 102.23 square kilometres (39.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,483.

Villages

Gmina Wieliszew contains the villages and settlements of Góra
Góra, Legionowo County
Góra is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliszew, within Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Wieliszew, west of Legionowo, and north-west of Warsaw....

, Janówek Pierwszy
Janówek Pierwszy
Janówek Pierwszy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliszew, within Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Wieliszew, north-west of Legionowo, and north-west of Warsaw....

, Kałuszyn, Komornica
Komornica
Komornica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliszew, within Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland...

, Krubin
Krubin, Legionowo County
Krubin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliszew, within Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Wieliszew, north-west of Legionowo, and north-west of Warsaw.-References:...

, Łajski, Michałów-Reginów, Olszewnica Nowa
Olszewnica Nowa
Olszewnica Nowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliszew, within Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Wieliszew, north-west of Legionowo, and north-west of Warsaw....

, Olszewnica Stara
Olszewnica Stara
Olszewnica Stara is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliszew, within Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Wieliszew, north-west of Legionowo, and north of Warsaw.-References:...

, Poddębie
Poddebie
Poddębie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliszew, within Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Wieliszew, north of Legionowo, and north of Warsaw.-References:...

, Sikory
Sikory, Legionowo County
Sikory is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliszew, within Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Wieliszew, north-west of Legionowo, and north of Warsaw....

, Skrzeszew
Skrzeszew, Legionowo County
Skrzeszew is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliszew, within Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Wieliszew, north of Legionowo, and north of Warsaw....

, Topolina
Topolina
Topolina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliszew, within Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wieliszew, north of Legionowo, and north of Warsaw.-References:...

 and Wieliszew
Wieliszew
Wieliszew is a village in Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland, in the bifurcation of the Vistula and Narew Rivers. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Wieliszew...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wieliszew is bordered by the towns of Legionowo
Legionowo
Legionowo is a town in Masovia . According to the 2004 Census estimate the town has a total population of 50,759.Legionowo is located ca. 23 km to the north-east of the center of Warsaw and only 7 km to the south of Zegrze Reservoir , near the Warsaw-Gdańsk railroad and Warsaw-Suwałki...

 and Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki is a town in central Poland with ca. 42500 inhabitants . It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship ; previously, it was in Warszawa Voivodeship...

, and by the gminas of Jabłonna, Nieporęt
Gmina Nieporet
Gmina Nieporęt is a rural gmina in Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Nieporęt, which lies approximately east of Legionowo and north of Warsaw....

, Pomiechówek
Gmina Pomiechówek
Gmina Pomiechówek is a rural gmina in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It takes its name from the village of Pomiechówek, but its seat is Brody-Parcele, which lies approximately 5 kilometres north-east of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki and 33 km north-west of...

 and Serock
Gmina Serock
Gmina Serock is an urban-rural gmina in Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Serock, which lies approximately north-east of Legionowo and north of Warsaw....

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