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24-477: Gmina Oborniki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oborniki County , Greater Poland Voivodeship , in west-central Poland . Its seat is the town of Oborniki , which lies approximately 29 kilometres (18 mi) north of the regional capital Poznań . The gmina covers an area of 340.16 square kilometres (131.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 31,541 (out of which

48-684: A mayor-council government . The legislative and oversight body of each gmina is the elected municipal council ( rada gminy ), in an urban-rural gmina called the town and gmina council ( rada miasta i gminy ), while in an urban gmina it is called the town/city council ( rada miasta ). Any local laws considered non-compliant with the national ones may be invalidated by the respective voivode , whose rulings may be appealed to an administrative court. Decisions in individual cases may in turn be appealed to quasi-judicial bodies named local government boards of appeal  [ pl ] , their ruling subject to appeal to an administrative court. Executive power

72-400: A starosta , while the city council has the powers and duties of a powiat (county) council; both nevertheless being elected under the municipal election rules rather than those applicable to county elections. A recall referendum may be triggered either in respect to the wójt/town mayor/city mayor or to the municipal council through a petition supported by at least 1/10 of eligible voters, but

96-494: A city exercises also powers and duties of a powiat while not belonging to any; nevertheless, it may still be a seat of a regular powiat, albeit without belonging to it administratively (such powiat thus being often "doughnut-shaped"). In such cities, the roles of the powiat organs are fulfilled by the ones of the urban gmina. For a complete listing of all the gminy in Poland, see List of Polish gminas . Polish gminy operate under

120-473: A city mayor ( prezydent miasta ) instead of a town mayor (burmistrz), the status awarded automatically to all urban gminy over 100,000 inhabitants or those with a status of a city with powiat rights, with some others allowed to retain the earlier awarded title due to historical reasons. 66 among the 107 cities (including all voivodeship seats and all cities over 100,000 inhabitants) have the special status of city with powiat rights (miasto na prawach powiatu). Such

144-410: A result, Poland became a country with local units possessing no degrees of self-government whatsoever. This was an immediate concern with the fall of Communism, and in 1990, gminas were handed over powers of self-government and gained some autonomy. Quickly though, over 500 towns that previously had been separate municipalities were merged into urban-rural gminas ; that made the number close to what

168-764: A subordinate administrative role. In rural areas these are called sołectwa , in towns they may be dzielnice or osiedla and in an urban-rural gmina, the town itself may be designated as an auxiliary unit. The only gmina which is statutorily obliged to have auxiliary units is Warsaw , which is divided since 2002 into 18 boroughs exercising some devolved powers, though not considered separate entities. Each gmina carries out two classes of tasks: The tasks can be also divided into another two categories: Own tasks include matters such as spatial harmony, real estate management, environmental protection and nature conservation, water management, country roads, public streets, bridges, squares and traffic systems, water supply systems and source,

192-402: A three-tier administrative division since 1999. On the first level, Poland is divided into 16 voivodeships (Polish: województwa , singular – województwo ). These are sub-divided in 380 counties (Polish: powiaty , singular – powiat ), and these counties contain 2,477 municipalities, known as gminas (plural - gminy ). The municipalities are grouped into four categories: The status and

216-449: Is bordered by the gminas of Murowana Goślina , Obrzycko , Połajewo , Rogoźno , Rokietnica , Ryczywół , Suchy Las and Szamotuły . Gmina The gmina has been the basic unit of territorial division in Poland since 1974, when it replaced the smaller gromada (cluster). Three or more gminy make up a higher level unit called a powiat , except for those holding the status of a city with powiat rights . Each and every powiat has

240-421: Is held in the municipality by a directly elected official, called wójt in rural gminy, a town mayor ( burmistrz ) in urban-rural and most urban gminy which contain towns, or a city mayor ( prezydent miasta ) in the 107 urban gminy containing cities, the status awarded automatically to all urban gminy over 100,000 inhabitants or those with a status of a city with powiat rights, with some others allowed to retain

264-478: Is in 2021. The last major change happened with the return to three-tier administrative division in 1999, when counties were returned and some of the largest cities became city with powiat rights. Since then, the vast majority of changes was made with the Council of Ministry granting city rights to smaller settlements that previously lost their city rights, even as small as 330 inhabitants . As of 1 January 2021,

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288-497: The article on gminas . Poland has had a long history of having gminas as an administrative division. In Interwar Poland , for instance, gminas also were local self-government entities. This stayed after World War II until the administrative reform in 1950. That year, a large overhaul of local administration has been made. While the administrative divisions remained three-tier, gminas were substituted with almost 8,800 gromady , osiedla , and towns. The largest change, however,

312-416: The changes in borders of gminas are decided by the Council of Ministers. While their creation and dissolution is also usually decided by it, in exceptional cases, the parliament might direct the organ to issue ordinances ordering dissolution (as it was the case with gmina Ostrowice ). These ordinances take effect on 1 January of the year following the year of publication of the ordinance. Major changes to

336-410: The earlier awarded title due to historical reasons. A town or city mayor may be scrutinized or denied funding for his/her projects by the council, but is not politically responsible to it and does not require its confidence to remain in office; therefore, cohabitation is not uncommon. In a city with powiat rights , the city mayor additionally has the powers and duties of a powiat executive board and

360-399: The framework (such as a restructuring of local administration or regulation of the duties and powers of the self-government) is only possible by law. The current framework and regulation of powers and duties of the local self-government was adopted in 1998 and became effective on 1 January 1999, with special regulations concerning Warsaw came into existence in 2002. For more details, visit

384-499: The number down to below 2,900 by 1977. In the meanwhile, Poland abolished counties completely and introduced a new, two-tier administrative division, with 49 smaller voivodeships and gminas . Ostensibly the reforms of 1973 and 1975 were made in order to guide Poland through an accelerated period of growth, however, the real intent seemed to be the fear of what the government in Warsaw and party organs saw as excessive decentralisation. As

408-808: The population of Oborniki amounts to 17,850, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 13,691). Apart from the town of Oborniki, Gmina Oborniki contains the villages and settlements of Antonin , Bąblin , Bąblinek , Bąbliniec , Bębnikąt , Bogdanowo , Chrustowo , Dąbrówka Leśna , Gołaszyn , Gołębowo , Górka , Kiszewko , Kiszewo , Kowalewko , Kowanówko , Kowanowo , Łukowo , Lulin , Maniewo , Marszewiec , Nieczajna , Niemieczkowo , Nowe Osowo , Nowołoskoniec , Objezierze , Ocieszyn , Pacholewo , Podlesie , Popówko , Popowo , Przeciwnica , Rożnowo , Sepno , Sławienko , Ślepuchowo , Słonawy , Stobnica , Świerkówki , Sycyn , Urbanie , Uścikowiec , Uścikowo , Wargowo , Wychowaniec , Wymysłowo , Wypalanki , Żerniki and Żukowo . Gmina Oborniki

432-507: The seat in a city or town, in the latter case either an urban gmina or a part of an urban-rural one. There are three types of gmina: Some rural gminy have their seat in a town which itself is outside of the gmina's territory. For example, the rural Gmina Augustów is administered from the town of Augustów , but does not include the town, as Augustów is an urban type gmina in its own right. One hundred and seven urban gminy constitute cities, distinguished from towns through being governed by

456-480: The self-government initiatives and cooperation within the commune including with non-governmental organizations, interaction with regional communities from other countries, etc. Commissioned tasks cover the remaining public tasks resulting from legitimate needs of the state, commissioned by central government for the units of local government to implement. The tasks are handed over on the basis of statutory by-laws, charters and regulations, or by way of agreements between

480-719: The self-government units and central-government administration. Abbreviations used for voivodeships: LS: Lower Silesian Voivodeship, KP: Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, LBL: Lublin Voivodeship, LBS: Lubusz Voivodeship, ŁD: Łódź Voivodeship, LP: Lesser Poland Voivodeship, MS: Masovian Voivodeship, OP: Opole Voivodeship, SK: Subcarpathian Voivodeship, PD: Podlaskie Voivodeship, PM: Pomeranian Voivodeship, SL: Silesian Voivodeship, ŚWK: Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, WM: Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, GP: Greater Poland Voivodeship, WP: West Pomeranian Voivodeship. List of Polish gminas Poland has

504-408: The sewage system, removal of urban waste, water treatment, maintenance of cleanliness and order, sanitary facilities, dumps and council waste, supply of electric and thermal energy and gas, public transport, health care, welfare, care homes, subsidised housing, public education, cultural facilities including public libraries and other cultural institutions, historic monuments conservation and protection,

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528-453: The sports facilities and tourism including recreational grounds and devices, marketplaces and covered markets, green spaces and public parks, communal graveyards, public order and safety, fire and flood protection with equipment maintenance and storage, maintaining objects and devices of the public utility and administrative buildings, pro-family policy including social support for pregnant women, medical and legal care, supporting and popularising

552-475: The turnout in the recall referendum must be at least 3/5 of the number of people voting in the original election in order for the referendum to be valid and binding. In addition, elected bodies of any municipality may be suspended by the prime minister of Poland in case of persisting law transgressions or negligence , resulting in such case in the municipality being placed under receivership . A gmina may create auxiliary units ( jednostki pomocnicze ), which play

576-464: Was that the local administrative units were stripped of their self-governing functions, were not legal entities on their own and instead became the executors of the will of higher administrative organs and, in practice, also of local party organs. Over time, over half of these gromadas were merged into larger entities, until the larger gminas were reinstated in 1973, getting the number of municipalities at just 3,201 ^ . Further reductions brought

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