Gmina Szamocin 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 Chodzież County

Chodziez County

Chodzież 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 Chodzież, which...

, 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 Szamocin

Szamocin

Szamocin is a city in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.During the Partitions of Poland the town belonged to Kreis Kolmar in Posen.-External links:* http://www.szamocin.umig.gov.pl/...

, which lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) east of Chodzież

Chodziez

Chodzież is a town in northwestern Poland with 20,400 inhabitants . Situated in the Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship , previously in Piła Voivodeship .-Geography:...

 and 72 km (45 mi) north 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 125.46 square kilometres (48.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,292 (out of which the population of Szamocin amounts to 4,267, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,025).

Villages

Apart from the town of Szamocin, Gmina Szamocin contains the villages and settlements of Antoniny

Antoniny, Chodziez County

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

, Atanazyn

Atanazyn

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

, Borówki

Borówki, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Borowo

Borowo, Chodziez County

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

, Heliodorowo

Heliodorowo

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

, Jaktorówko

Jaktorówko

Jaktorówko is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Szamocin, within Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Szamocin, east of Chodzież, and north of the regional capital Poznań....

, Jaktorowo

Jaktorowo

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

, Józefowice

Józefowice, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Józefowo

Józefowo, Chodziez County

Józefowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Szamocin, within Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Szamocin, east of Chodzież, and north of the regional capital Poznań....

, Józefy

Józefy, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Kosarzyn

Kosarzyn, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Laskowo

Laskowo, Chodziez County

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

, Leśniczówka

Lesniczówka, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Leśniczówka is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Szamocin, within Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Szamocin, east of Chodzież, and north of the regional capital Poznań....

, Lipa

Lipa, Chodziez County

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

, Lipia Góra

Lipia Góra, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Mielimąka

Mielimaka

Mielimąka is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Szamocin, within Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Szamocin, east of Chodzież, and north of the regional capital Poznań....

, Nadolnik

Nadolnik, Chodziez County

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

, Nałęcza, Nowy Dwór

Nowy Dwór, Chodziez County

Nowy Dwór is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szamocin, within Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.-References:...

, Nowy Młyn, Piłka, Raczyn

Raczyn, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Śluza-Krostkowo

Sluza-Krostkowo

Śluza-Krostkowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Szamocin, within Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Szamocin, north-east of Chodzież, and north of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

, Sokolec

Sokolec, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

, Strzelczyki

Strzelczyki

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

, Swoboda

Swoboda, Chodziez County

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

, Szamoty

Szamoty, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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

 and Weśrednik

Wesrednik

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Szamocin is bordered by the gminas of Białośliwie, Chodzież

Gmina Chodziez

Gmina Chodzież is a rural gmina in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Chodzież, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Gołańcz, Margonin

Gmina Margonin

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

, Miasteczko Krajeńskie

Gmina Miasteczko Krajenskie

Gmina Miasteczko Krajeńskie is a rural gmina in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Miasteczko Krajeńskie, which lies approximately south-east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...

 and Wyrzysk

Gmina Wyrzysk

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

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