| Gmina Czerniejewo Czerniejewo Commune | ||
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| Coordinates(Czerniejewo): 52°26′N17°29′E / 52.433°N 17.483°E Coordinates: 52°26′N17°29′E / 52.433°N 17.483°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland | |
| County | Gniezno | |
| Seat | Czerniejewo | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 112.01 km2 (43.25 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006) | ||
| • Total | 6,913 | |
| • Density | 62/km2 (160/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 2,556 | |
| • Rural | 4,357 | |
| Website | http://www.czerniejewo.com.pl | |
Gmina Czerniejewo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Czerniejewo, which lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) south-west of Gniezno and 39 km (24 mi) east of the regional capital Poznań.
The gmina is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. As of 2010 there were 2,478 gminy throughout the country. The word gmina derives from the German word Gemeinde, meaning "community".
Gniezno County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) 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 Gniezno, which lies 49 kilometres (30 mi) east of the regional capital Poznań. The county contains four other towns: Witkowo, 16 km (10 mi) south-east of Gniezno, Trzemeszno, 16 km (10 mi) east of Gniezno, Kłecko, 16 km (10 mi) north-west of Gniezno, and Czerniejewo, 14 km (9 mi) south-west of Gniezno.
Greater Poland Voivodeship, also known as Wielkopolska Voivodeship, Wielkopolska Province, or Greater Poland Province, 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. The province is named after the region called Greater Poland or Wielkopolska(
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The gmina covers an area of 112.01 square kilometres (43.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,913 (out of which the population of Czerniejewo amounts to 2,556, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,357).
