Gmina Żerków

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Gmina Żerków
Żerków Commune
—  Gmina  —
Coat of arms of Gmina Żerków
Coat of arms
Coordinates (Żerków): 52°4′N 17°34′E / 52.067, 17.567
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Greater Poland
County Jarocin
Seat Żerków
Area
 - Total 170.5 km² (65.8 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 10,555
 - Density 61.9/km² (160.3/sq mi)
 - Urban 2,058
 - Rural 8,497
Website: http://www.zerkow.pl

Gmina Żerków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Żerków, which lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north of Jarocin and 58 km (36 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań.

The gmina covers an area of 170.5 square kilometres (65.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 10,555 (out of which the population of Żerków amounts to 2,058, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,497).

[edit] Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Żerków is bordered by the gminas of Czermin, Gizałki, Jarocin, Kołaczkowo, Kotlin, Miłosław, Nowe Miasto nad Wartą and Pyzdry.

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