| Gmina Krzywiń Krzywiń Commune | ||
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| Coordinates(Krzywiń): 51°58′N16°49′E / 51.967°N 16.817°E Coordinates: 51°58′N16°49′E / 51.967°N 16.817°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland | |
| County | Kościan | |
| Seat | Krzywiń | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 179.16 km2 (69.17 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011 [1] ) | ||
| • Total | 10,069 | |
| • Density | 56/km2 (150/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1,643 | |
| • Rural | 8,426 | |
| Website | www | |
Gmina Krzywiń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krzywiń, which lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-east of Kościan and 49 km (30 mi) south 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".
Kościan 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 Kościan, which lies 40 kilometres (25 mi) south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The county contains three other towns: Śmigiel, 13 km (8 mi) south-west of Kościan, Czempiń, 13 km (8 mi) north-east of Kościan, and Krzywiń, 18 km (11 mi) south-east of Kościan.
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 179.16 square kilometres (69.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 9,892 (out of which the population of Krzywiń amounts to 1,547, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,345).
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Chłapowski Landscape Park.
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological 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 organizations involved.
General Dezydery Chłapowski Landscape Park is a protected area in west-central Poland, established in 1992, covering an area of 172 square kilometres (66 sq mi). It is named after the 19th-century Polish general and activist Dezydery Chłapowski.
