Gmina Wyrzysk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Pià Âa County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wyrzysk, which lies approximately east of Pià Âa and north of the regional capital Poznaà Â.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 14,132 (out of which the population of Wyrzysk amounts to 5,234, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,898, from which almost half lives in Osiek nad NoteciÃÂ ).
Apart from the town of Wyrzysk, Gmina Wyrzysk contains the villages and settlements of Anusin, Auguà Âcin, Bagdad, Bàkowo, Dàbki, Dobrzyniewo, Falmierowo, Glesno, Gleszczonek, Gromadno, Hercowo, Karolewo, Klawek, Komorowo, Konstantynowo, Koà Âcierzyn Wielki, Kosztowo, Marynka, Masà Âowo, Mà Âotkówko, Nowe Bielawy, Osiek nad NoteciÃÂ, Ostrówek, Polanowo, Polinowo, Pracz, Ruda, RzÃÂszkowo, Wiernowo, Wyciàg, Wyrzysk Skarbowy, à »elazno, Zielona Góra and à »uà Âawka.
Gmina Wyrzysk is bordered by the gminas of Biaà Âoà Âliwie, Goà Âaà Âcz, Kcynia, à Âobà ¼enica, Sadki, Szamocin and Wysoka.
Gmina (commune) Wyrzysk is located in the ethnocultural region of Krajna in northern Greater Poland. Administratively it lies on the northern edge of Greater Poland Voivodeship; in the east it borders gmina Sadki in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. Of the district area, 117.11 kmò are occupied by arable land and 19.65 kmò by forests.
The commune lies in Krajna Plateau. Its southern border is formed by the River Noteàwith its tributary, the à Âobà ¼onka, which cuts through the picturesque moraine hills rising over the wide valley of the NoteÃÂ. One of these hills, DÃÂbowa Góra, reaches a height of 192 metres above sea level and is the highest elevation of the Krajna Region. Over 60 per cent of the commune is protected as an area of scenic beauty.
Conditions favourable for human settlement occurred in the present Wyrzysk Region in the postglacial period. Its relics are now left on the moraine hills along the NoteàRiver. Archaeological excavations in the village of à »uà Âawka revealed that humans arrived here as early as nine thousand years ago. Soon they built a permanent crossing over the NoteÃÂ. Those wooden bridges in the vicinity of present à »uà Âawka were maintained by people settling in this area for the following 3,500 years, which is a unique example of engineering skills in prehistoric Europe.
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