Gmina Kłecko
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gmina Kłecko
| other_name = Kłecko Commune
| settlement_type = Gmina
| total_type = Total
| image_flag = POL Kłecko flag.svg
| image_shield = POL Kłecko COA.svg
| image_map =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Greater Poland
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Gniezno
| area_total_km2 = 131.7
| population_total = 7569
| population_as_of = 2006
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_urban = 2677
| population_blank1_title = Rural
| population_blank1 = 4892
| coor_pinpoint = Kłecko
| coordinates = {{coord|52|38|N|17|26|E|region:PL|display=inline,title}}
| seat = Kłecko
| website = http://www.klecko.pl/index1.html
}}
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Gmina Kłecko is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłecko, which lies approximately {{convert|16|km|mi|0}} north-west of Gniezno and {{convert|44|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-east of the regional capital Poznań.
The gmina covers an area of {{convert|131.7|km2|sqmi|1}}, and as of 2006 its total population is 7,569 (out of which the population of Kłecko amounts to 2,677, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,892).[http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm Polish official population figures 2006] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201071517/http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm |date=February 1, 2008 }}
Massacre during Second World War
During the German Invasion of Poland in 1939, German soldiers mass murdered 23 Poles in the area. The victims were either shot, beaten to death with rifles or stabbed to death by bayonets by German soldiers.Szymon Datner "55 dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce" page 313 They were later buried in a mass grave.
Villages
Apart from the town of Kłecko, Gmina Kłecko contains the villages and settlements of Bielawy, Biskupice, Bojanice, Brzozogaj, Charbowo, Czechy, Dębnica, Działyń, Dziećmiarki, Gorzuchowo, Kamieniec, Komorowo, Kopydłowo, Michalcza, Polska Wieś, Pomarzany, Pruchnowo, Sulin, Świniary, Ułanowo, Waliszewo, Wilkowyja and Zakrzewo.
Neighbouring gminas
References
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Category:Sites of Nazi war crimes during the Invasion of Poland