| Gmina Wieleń Wieleń Commune | |||
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| Coordinates(Wieleń): 52°53′32″N16°10′25″E / 52.89222°N 16.17361°E Coordinates: 52°53′32″N16°10′25″E / 52.89222°N 16.17361°E | |||
| Country |  | ||
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland | ||
| County | Czarnków-Trzcianka | ||
| Seat | Wieleń | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 428.32 km2 (165.38 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 12,572 | ||
| • Density | 29/km2 (76/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 5,940 | ||
| • Rural | 6,632 | ||
| Website | http://www.wielen.pl | ||
Gmina Wieleń is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieleń, which lies approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) west of Czarnków and 75 km (47 mi) north-west 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".
Czarnków-Trzcianka 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 is the town of Czarnków, which lies 61 kilometres (38 mi) north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The county contains three other towns: Trzcianka, 18 km (11 mi) north of Czarnków, Krzyż Wielkopolski, 38 km (24 mi) west of Czarnków, and Wieleń, 27 km (17 mi) west of Czarnków.
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 428.32 square kilometres (165.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 12,572 (out of which the population of Wieleń amounts to 5,940, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,632).
