Gmina Kłecko

Infobox Settlement
name = Gmina Kłecko
other_name = Kłecko Commune
settlement_type = Gmina
total_type = Total


image_shield = POL Kłecko COA.svg


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_type = Kłecko
latd = 52
latm = 38
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 17
longm = 26
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Kłecko
website = http://www.klecko.pl/index1.html __NOTOC__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).

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 and 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.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kłecko is bordered by the gminas of Gniezno, Kiszkowo, Łubowo, Mieleszyn, Mieścisko and Skoki.

References

* [http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm Polish official population figures 2006]