Gmina Wschowa 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 Wschowa County

Wschowa County

Wschowa County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It was created in 2002 out of three gminas which previously belonged to Nowa Sól County. Its administrative seat and largest town is Wschowa, which lies east of Zielona Góra and ...

, 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 Wschowa

Wschowa

Wschowa is a town in the Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland with 14,607 inhabitants . It is the capital of Wschowa County.-History:Wschowa was originally a border fortress in a region disputed by the Polish dukes of Silesia and Greater Poland. After German colonists had established a settlement nearby,...

, which lies approximately 57 kilometres (35 mi) 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 ....

.

The gmina covers an area of 198.3 square kilometres (76.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 21,698 (out of which the population of Wschowa amounts to 14,573, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,125).

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 Przemęt Landscape Park

Przemet Landscape Park

Przemęt Landscape Park is a protected area in western Poland, established in 1991, covering an area of ....

.

Villages

Apart from the town of Wschowa, Gmina Wschowa contains the villages and settlements of Buczyna

Buczyna, Wschowa County

Buczyna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wschowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north of Wschowa and east of Zielona Góra.-References:...

, Czerlejewo

Czerlejewo

Czerlejewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wschowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wschowa and east of Zielona Góra. It has a population of approximately 30....

, Dębowa Łęka, Hetmanice

Hetmanice

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

, Kandlewo

Kandlewo

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

, Klucz

Klucz, Lubusz Voivodeship

Klucz is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Wschowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland....

, Konradowo

Konradowo, Wschowa County

Konradowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wschowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Wschowa and east of Zielona Góra.-References:...

, Łęgoń, Lgiń

Lgin

Lgiń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wschowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wschowa and east of Zielona Góra.The village has a population of 480.-References:...

, Łysiny, Mały Bór, Nowa Wieś

Nowa Wies, Wschowa County

Nowa Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wschowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.-References:...

, Nowe Ogrody

Nowe Ogrody, Lubusz Voivodeship

Nowe Ogrody is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Wschowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland....

, Olbrachcice

Olbrachcice, Lubusz Voivodeship

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

, Osowa Sień

Osowa Sien

Osowa Sień is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wschowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Wschowa and east of Zielona Góra....

, Przyczyna Dolna

Przyczyna Dolna

Przyczyna Dolna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wschowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.-References:...

, Przyczyna Górna

Przyczyna Górna

Przyczyna Górna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wschowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately west of Wschowa and east of Zielona Góra.-References:...

, Pszczółkowo, Siedlnica

Siedlnica

Siedlnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wschowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wschowa and east of Zielona Góra.The village has a population of 882....

, Tylewice

Tylewice

Tylewice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wschowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wschowa and east of Zielona Góra.-References:...

, Wincentowo

Wincentowo, Lubusz Voivodeship

Wincentowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wschowa, within Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Wschowa and east of Zielona Góra.-References:...

 and Wygnańczyce

Wygnanczyce

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wschowa is bordered by the gminas of Niechlów

Gmina Niechlów

Gmina Niechlów is a rural gmina in Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Niechlów, which lies approximately west of Góra and north-west of the regional capital Wrocław....

, Sława, Święciechowa

Gmina Swieciechowa

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

, Szlichtyngowa

Gmina Szlichtyngowa

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

, Wijewo

Gmina Wijewo

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

 and Włoszakowice.