Gmina Babiak is a rural
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...
(administrative district) in
Koło County
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Koło County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms in 1998. ...
,
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Greater Poland Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. The province is named after the region called Greater Poland (''Wielkopolska'' ). The modern province includes most of this historic re ...
, in west-central
Poland
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. Its seat is the village of
Babiak, which lies approximately north of
Koło
Koło () is a town on the Warta River in central Poland with 23,101 inhabitants (2006). It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodship and it is the capital of Koło County.
History
Koło is one of the oldest towns in Poland. It was granted ...
and east of the regional capital
Poznań
Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,920.
Villages
Gmina Babiak contains the villages and settlements of
Babiak,
Bogusławice,
Bogusławice-Nowiny,
Brdów,
Brzezie,
Bugaj,
Dębno Królewskie,
Dębno Poproboszczowskie,
Góraj,
Gryglaki,
Janowice,
Józefowo,
Kiejsze,
Korzecznik-Podlesie,
Korzecznik-Szatanowo,
Krukowo,
Łaziska,
Lichenek,
Lipie Góry,
Lubotyń,
Maliniec,
Mchowo,
Nowiny Brdowskie,
Olszak,
Osówie,
Ozorzyn,
Podkiejsze,
Polonisz,
Psary,
Radoszewice,
Stare Morzyce,
Stefanowo,
Stypin,
Suchy Las,
Wiecinin,
Zakrzewo,
Żurawieniec, and
Zwierzchociny.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Babiak is bordered by the gminas of
Grzegorzew,
Izbica Kujawska
Izbica Kujawska is a town in central Poland with 2,808 inhabitants (2004). It is situated in the Włocławek County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in the historic region of Kuyavia.
History
Izbica was a private town, administratively loc ...
,
Kłodawa
Kłodawa is a town in the Koło County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship in central Poland with 6,699 inhabitants (2014).
Kłodawa lies on the Rgilewka (a tributary of the Warta River). The town contains the Kłodawa Salt Mine, the largest opera ...
,
Koło
Koło () is a town on the Warta River in central Poland with 23,101 inhabitants (2006). It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodship and it is the capital of Koło County.
History
Koło is one of the oldest towns in Poland. It was granted ...
,
Osiek Mały,
Przedecz
Przedecz () is a historic town in Koło County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship in central Poland, with 1,779 inhabitants (2006).
Geography
The town is situated in central Poland, midway between Chodecz and Kłodawa. It is located about northwe ...
,
Sompolno
Sompolno is a town in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in central Poland, with 3,614 inhabitants (2016).
History
In the 10th century, the area became part of the emerging Polish state under its first historic ruler Mieszko I. In 1242, Du ...
,
Topólka, and
Wierzbinek
Wierzbinek is a village in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wierzbinek. It lies approximately north-east of Konin and east of the regional capita ...
.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
{{Koło County
Babiak
Koło County