Gmina Szamocin | |
Other Name: | Szamocin Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Greater Poland |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Chodzież |
Area Total Km2: | 125.46 |
Population Total: | 7292 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 4267 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 3025 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Szamocin |
Coordinates: | 53.0303°N 17.1206°W |
Seat: | Szamocin |
Website: | https://www.gminaszamocin.pl/ |
Gmina Szamocin is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Szamocin, which lies approximately 16km (10miles) east of Chodzież and 720NaN0 north of the regional capital Poznań.
The gmina covers an area of 125.46km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 7,292 (out of which the population of Szamocin amounts to 4,267, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,025).
Apart from the town of Szamocin, Gmina Szamocin contains the villages and settlements of Antoniny, Atanazyn, Borówki, Borowo, Heliodorowo, Jaktorówko, Jaktorowo, Józefowice, Józefowo, Józefy, Kosarzyn, Laskowo, Leśniczówka, Lipa, Lipia Góra, Mielimąka, Nadolnik, Nałęcza, Nowy Dwór, Nowy Młyn, Piłka, Raczyn, Śluza-Krostkowo, Sokolec, Strzelczyki, Swoboda, Szamoty and Weśrednik.
Gmina Szamocin is bordered by the gminas of Białośliwie, Chodzież, Gołańcz, Margonin, Miasteczko Krajeńskie and Wyrzysk.