| Gmina Kłodawa Kłodawa Commune | ||
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| Gmina | ||
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 Map showing Gmina Kłodawa in Koło County | ||
 Map showing Koło County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship | ||
| Coordinates(Kłodawa): 52°15′2″N18°54′56″E / 52.25056°N 18.91556°E Coordinates: 52°15′2″N18°54′56″E / 52.25056°N 18.91556°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland | |
| County | Koło | |
| Seat | Kłodawa | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 128.97 km2 (49.80 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006) | ||
| • Total | 13,307 | |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 6,829 | |
| • Rural | 6,478 | |
| Website | http://www.klodawa.wlkp.pl | |
Gmina Kłodawa is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłodawa, which lies approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) east of Koło and 138 km (86 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".
Koło 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 Koło, which lies 119 kilometres (74 mi) east of the regional capital Poznań. The county contains three other towns: Kłodawa, 21 km (13 mi) east of Koło, Dąbie, 19 km (12 mi) south-east of Koło, and Przedecz, 21 km (13 mi) north-east of Koło.
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 128.97 square kilometres (49.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 13,307 (out of which the population of Kłodawa amounts to 6,829, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,478).
