Gmina Jarocin is an urban-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 Jarocin County

Jarocin County

Jarocin 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 Jarocin, which lies...

, 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 town of Jarocin

Jarocin

Jarocin Jarocin Jarocin ( is a town in central Poland with 25,700 inhabitants (1995). Since 1999 Jarocin has been located in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, prior to that it was located in the Kalisz Voivodeship (1975–1998).- History :...

, which lies approximately 63 kilometres (39 mi) south-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 200.23 square kilometres (77.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 44,430 (out of which the population of Jarocin amounts to 25,834, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 18,596).

Villages

Apart from the town of Jarocin, Gmina Jarocin contains the villages and settlements of Annapol

Annapol

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

, Bachorzew

Bachorzew

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

, Cielcza

Cielcza

Cielcza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jarocin, within Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland...

, Ciświca

Ciswica

Ciświca is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jarocin, within Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań.-History:...

, Cząszczew

Czaszczew

Cząszczew is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jarocin, within Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Dąbrowa

Dabrowa, Jarocin County

Dąbrowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jarocin, within Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Golina

Golina, Jarocin County

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

, Hilarów

Hilarów, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Hilarów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jarocin, within Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Kadziak

Kadziak

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

, Kąty

Katy, Jarocin County

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

, Łuszczanów, Mieszków

Mieszków, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Mieszków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jarocin, within Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland...

, Osiek

Osiek, Jarocin County

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

, Potarzyca

Potarzyca, Jarocin County

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

, Prusy

Prusy, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Prusy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jarocin, within Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

, Radlin

Radlin, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Roszków

Roszków, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Roszków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jarocin, within Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

, Roszkówko

Roszkówko, Jarocin County

Roszkówko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jarocin, within Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Siedlemin

Siedlemin

Siedlemin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jarocin, within Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

, Stefanów

Stefanów, Jarocin County

Stefanów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jarocin, within Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Tarce

Tarce

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

, Wilczyniec

Wilczyniec, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Wilczyniec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jarocin, within Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

, Wilkowyja

Wilkowyja, Jarocin County

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

, Witaszyce

Witaszyce

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

, Witaszyczki

Witaszyczki

Witaszyczki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jarocin, within Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

 and Zakrzew

Zakrzew, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Zakrzew is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jarocin, within Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Jarocin is bordered by the gminas of Dobrzyca

Gmina Dobrzyca

Gmina Dobrzyca is a rural gmina in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Dobrzyca, which lies approximately west of Pleszew and south-east of the regional capital Poznań....

, Jaraczewo

Gmina Jaraczewo

Gmina Jaraczewo is a rural gmina in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Jaraczewo, which lies approximately west of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań....

, Kotlin

Gmina Kotlin

Gmina Kotlin is a rural gmina in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kotlin, which lies approximately south-east of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań....

, Koźmin Wielkopolski

Gmina Kozmin Wielkopolski

Gmina Koźmin Wielkopolski is an urban-rural gmina in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland...

, Nowe Miasto nad Wartą

Gmina Nowe Miasto nad Warta

Gmina Nowe Miasto nad Wartą is a rural gmina in Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland...

 and Żerków

Gmina Zerków

Gmina Żerków is an urban-rural gmina in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Żerków, which lies approximately north of Jarocin and south-east of the regional capital Poznań....

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