Gmina Trzciel 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 Trzciel

Trzciel

Trzciel is a small town in Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,348 inhabitants ....

, which lies approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) south-east 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...

, 54 km (34 mi) north-east of Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra is a city in Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, with 117,557 inhabitants within the city limits and 294,000 inhabitants within the metropolitan area, including three neighbouring counties ....

, and 60 km (37 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 177.35 square kilometres (68.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,343 (out of which the population of Trzciel amounts to 2,363, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,980).

The gmina contains part of the protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 called Pszczew Landscape Park

Pszczew Landscape Park

Pszczew Landscape Park is a protected area in western Poland, established in 1986, covering an area of . It takes its name from the village of Pszczew....

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Villages

Apart from the town of Trzciel, Gmina Trzciel contains the villages and settlements of Bieleń

Bielen

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

, Brójce

Brójce, Lubusz Voivodeship

Brójce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzciel, within Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Trzciel, south of Międzyrzecz, north of Zielona Góra, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.The village has a population...

, Chociszewo

Chociszewo, Lubusz Voivodeship

Chociszewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzciel, within Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Trzciel, south-east of Międzyrzecz, north-east of Zielona Góra, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.The village has a...

, Jabłonka, Jasieniec

Jasieniec, Lubusz Voivodeship

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

, Łagowiec, Lutol Mokry

Lutol Mokry

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

, Lutol Suchy

Lutol Suchy

Lutol Suchy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzciel, within Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south of Trzciel, south-east of Międzyrzecz, north-east of Zielona Góra, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.The village has a...

, Nowy Świat

Nowy Swiat, Miedzyrzecz County

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

, Panowice

Panowice

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

, Rybojady

Rybojady

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

, Siercz

Siercz

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

, Sierczynek

Sierczynek

Sierczynek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzciel, within Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately west of Trzciel, south-east of Międzyrzecz, north of Zielona Góra, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.The village has a population...

, Smolniki

Smolniki, Lubusz Voivodeship

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

, Stary Dwór

Stary Dwór, Lubusz Voivodeship

Stary Dwór is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzciel, within Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately west of Trzciel, south-east of Międzyrzecz, north of Zielona Góra, and south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.The village has a...

, Świdwowiec

Swidwowiec

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

 and Żydowo

Zydowo, Lubusz Voivodeship

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Trzciel is bordered by the gminas of Miedzichowo

Gmina Miedzichowo

Gmina Miedzichowo is a rural gmina in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Miedzichowo, which lies approximately north-west of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Międzyrzecz

Gmina Miedzyrzecz

Gmina Międzyrzecz is an urban-rural gmina in Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the town of Międzyrzecz, which lies approximately south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski and north of Zielona Góra....

, Pszczew

Gmina Pszczew

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

, Świebodzin

Gmina Swiebodzin

Gmina Świebodzin is an urban-rural gmina in Świebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the town of Świebodzin, which lies approximately north of Zielona Góra and south of Gorzów Wielkopolski....

, Szczaniec

Gmina Szczaniec

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

, Zbąszyń

Gmina Zbaszyn

Gmina Zbąszyń is an urban-rural gmina in Nowy Tomyśl County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Zbąszyń, which lies approximately south-west of Nowy Tomyśl and west of the regional capital Poznań.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

 and Zbąszynek

Gmina Zbaszynek

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

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