Gmina Skwierzyna 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 Międzyrzecz County

Miedzyrzecz County

Międzyrzecz County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lubusz Voivodeship, western 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 Międzyrzecz, which lies ...

, Lubusz Voivodeship

Lubusz Voivodeship

- Administrative division :Lubusz Voivodeship is divided into 14 counties : 2 city counties and 12 land counties. These are further divided into 83 gminas....

, in western 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 Skwierzyna

Skwierzyna

Skwierzyna is a town of 10,339 inhabitants in Lubusz Voivodeship in western Poland, the administrative seat of the Gmina Skwierzyna. It is located at the confluence of the Obra and Warta rivers, about north of Międzyrzecz and south-east of the regional capital Gorzów Wielkopolski. The town is...

, which lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of Międzyrzecz

Miedzyrzecz

Międzyrzecz is a town in western Poland with 18,584 inhabitants . The capital of Międzyrzecz County, it was part of the Gorzów Wielkopolski Voivodeship from 1975–1998. Since the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998, Międzyrzecz has been situated in the Lubusz Voivodeship...

 and 23 km (14 mi) south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski

Gorzów Wielkopolski

Gorzów Wielkopolski is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river. It is the biggest city in the Lubusz Voivodeship with 125,149 inhabitants...

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The gmina covers an area of 285.44 square kilometres (110.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 12,693 (out of which the population of Skwierzyna amounts to 10,010, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,683).

Villages

Apart from the town of Skwierzyna, Gmina Skwierzyna contains the villages and settlements of Dobrojewo

Dobrojewo, Lubusz Voivodeship

Dobrojewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skwierzyna, within Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north of Skwierzyna, north of Międzyrzecz, and east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.-References:...

, Gościnowo

Goscinowo

Gościnowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skwierzyna, within Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Skwierzyna, north-west of Międzyrzecz, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.-References:...

, Jezierce

Jezierce, Lubusz Voivodeship

Jezierce is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Skwierzyna, within Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north of Skwierzyna, north of Międzyrzecz, and east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.-References:...

, Kijewice

Kijewice, Lubusz Voivodeship

Kijewice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skwierzyna, within Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately west of Skwierzyna, north-west of Międzyrzecz, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski....

, Krobielewko

Krobielewko

Krobielewko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skwierzyna, within Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately east of Skwierzyna, north-east of Międzyrzecz, and east of Gorzów Wielkopolski....

, Murzynowo

Murzynowo, Lubusz Voivodeship

Murzynowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skwierzyna, within Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Skwierzyna, north-west of Międzyrzecz, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski....

, Murzynowo-Łomno, Nowy Dwór

Nowy Dwór, Miedzyrzecz County

Nowy Dwór is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skwierzyna, within Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately east of Skwierzyna, north of Międzyrzecz, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.-References:...

, Rakowo

Rakowo, Lubusz Voivodeship

Rakowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skwierzyna, within Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.-References:...

, Skrzynica

Skrzynica

Skrzynica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skwierzyna, within Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately east of Skwierzyna, north of Międzyrzecz, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.The village has a population of 50.-References:...

, Świniary

Swiniary, Miedzyrzecz County

Świniary is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skwierzyna, within Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately east of Skwierzyna, north of Międzyrzecz, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.-References:...

, Trzebiszewo

Trzebiszewo

Trzebiszewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skwierzyna, within Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Skwierzyna, north-west of Międzyrzecz, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski....

, Warcin

Warcin

Warcin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skwierzyna, within Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Skwierzyna, north-west of Międzyrzecz, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski....

 and Wiejce

Wiejce

Wiejce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skwierzyna, within Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately east of Skwierzyna, north-east of Międzyrzecz, and east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.The village has a population of 90.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Skwierzyna is bordered by the gminas of Bledzew

Gmina Bledzew

Gmina Bledzew is a rural gmina in Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the village of Bledzew, which lies approximately north-west of Międzyrzecz, south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski, and north of Zielona Góra.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...

, Deszczno

Gmina Deszczno

Gmina Deszczno is a rural gmina in Gorzów County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the village of Deszczno, which lies approximately south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski....

, Drezdenko

Gmina Drezdenko

Gmina Drezdenko is an urban-rural gmina in Strzelce-Drezdenko County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the town of Drezdenko, which lies approximately east of Strzelce Krajeńskie and east of Gorzów Wielkopolski....

, Międzychód

Gmina Miedzychód

Gmina Międzychód is an urban-rural gmina in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Międzychód, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Poznań....

, Przytoczna

Gmina Przytoczna

Gmina Przytoczna is a rural gmina in Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the village of Przytoczna, which lies approximately north of Międzyrzecz, south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski, and north of Zielona Góra.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...

 and Santok

Gmina Santok

Gmina Santok is a rural gmina in Gorzów County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the village of Santok, which lies approximately east of Gorzów Wielkopolski....

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