| Gmina Jastrowie Jastrowie Commune | ||
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| Coordinates(Jastrowie): 53°25′18″N16°48′56″E / 53.42167°N 16.81556°E Coordinates: 53°25′18″N16°48′56″E / 53.42167°N 16.81556°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland | |
| County | Złotów | |
| Seat | Jastrowie | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 353.4 km2 (136.4 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006) | ||
| • Total | 11,401 | |
| • Density | 32/km2 (84/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 8,403 | |
| • Rural | 2,998 | |
| Website | http://www.jastrowie.pl/ | |
Gmina Jastrowie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jastrowie, which lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) north-west of Złotów and 114 km (71 mi) north 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".
Złotów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. Its administrative seat and largest town is Złotów, which lies 107 kilometres (66 mi) north of the regional capital Poznań. The county contains three other towns: Jastrowie, 17 km (11 mi) northwest of Złotów, Okonek, 23 km (14 mi) northwest of Złotów, and Krajenka, 7 km (4 mi) southwest of Złotów.
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 353.4 square kilometres (136.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 11,401 (out of which the population of Jastrowie amounts to 8,403, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,998).
