__NOTOC__ Gmina Rawicz is an urban-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

Rawicz County __NOTOC__ Rawicz 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 passed in ...

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

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. Its seat is the town of

Rawicz Rawicz (; ) is a town in west-central Poland with 21,398 inhabitants as of 2004. It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Leszno Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Rawicz County. History The ...

, which lies approximately south 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 was 29,434 (out of which the population of Rawicz amounted to 21,301, and the population of the rural part of the gmina was 8,133).

Villages

Apart from the town of Rawicz, Gmina Rawicz contains the villages and settlements of Dąbrówka, Dębno Polskie,

Folwark ''Folwark'' is a Polish word derived from the German ''Vorwerk''. A Folwark or Vorwerk is an agricultural estate or a separate branch operation of such an estate, historically a serfdom-based farm and agricultural enterprise (a type of latif ...

, Izbice, Kąty, Konarzewo, Krasnolipka, Krystynki,

Łąkta Łąkta is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rawicz, within Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship Greater Poland Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. The province i ...

, Łaszczyn, Masłowo, Masłowo-Warszewo, Sarnówka, Sierakowo, Sikorzyn, Słupia Kapitulna, Stwolno, Szymanowo, Ugoda, Wydawy, Załęcze, Zawady, Zielona Wieś, Żołędnica and Żylice.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Rawicz is bordered by the gminas of

Bojanowo Bojanowo () is a town in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, western Poland. It is the seat of Gmina Bojanowo (commune). As of June 2021, it has a population of 2,895. History As part of the region of Greater Poland, i.e. the cradle of th ...

, Miejska Górka,

Milicz Milicz () is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of Milicz County and of Gmina Milicz, part of the larger Wrocław metropolitan area. Geography The town is situated in the historic Lower Silesia regi ...

, Pakosław, Wąsosz and

Żmigród Żmigród () is a town in Trzebnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Żmigród. Geography The town lies in the historic Lower Silesia region on the ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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Rawicz County