Gmina Boleszkowice 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

Myślibórz County __NOTOC__ Myślibórz County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship (a voivodeship, or province that is found in northwestern Poland along the German border). It came into being ...

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, in north-western

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, on the

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border. Its seat is the village of Boleszkowice, which lies approximately south-west of

Myślibórz Myślibórz (; ) is a town in northwestern Poland, in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is the capital of the Myślibórz County, with a population of 11,867. It is home to the first monastery of the Congregation of Sisters of Merciful Jesus and a ...

and south of the regional capital

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. The gmina has a population of 2,899 as of 2006, spread over an area of . As of 2016, the population is 2,902. The gmina contains part of the

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called Ujście Warty Landscape Park.

Villages

Gmina Boleszkowice contains the villages and settlements of Boleszkowice, Chlewice,

Chwarszczany Chwarszczany () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Boleszkowice, within Myślibórz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies on the river Myśla, approximately south-east ...

, Gudzisz, Kaleńsko, Namyślin, Porzecze, Reczyce, Wielopole, Wierutno,

Wysoka Wysoka is a town in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,736 inhabitants (2010). History The oldest known mention Wysoka comes from 1260, when it was granted by Duke Bolesław the Pious from the Piast dynasty to Mikołaj ...

and Wyszyna.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Boleszkowice is bordered by the town of

Kostrzyn nad Odrą Kostrzyn nad Odrą (translated literally as Kostrzyn upon the Oder; ; ) is a town in Gorzów County, Lubusz Voivodeship in western Poland, on the border with Germany. Geography The town is situated within the historic Lubusz Land (''Ziemia Lubus ...

and by the gminas of

Dębno Dębno () is a town in Myślibórz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship in western Poland. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 13,443. Data for territorial unit 3210034. Despite its location in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Dębn ...

and Mieszkowice. It also borders

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References

Polish official population figures 2006
{{Myślibórz County Boleszkowice Myślibórz County