Gmina Pleszew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pleszew, which lies approximately 83 kilometres (52 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań.The gmina covers an area of 180.15 square kilometres (69.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 29,790 (out of which the population of Pleszew amounts to 17,787, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,003).