Gmina Wejherowo
__NOTOC__ Gmina Wejherowo is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Wejherowo, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,688. The gmina contains part of the protected area called Tricity Landscape Park. Villages Gmina Wejherowo contains the villages and settlements of Biała, Białasowizna, Bieszkowice, Bolszewo, Borowo, Burch, Cierżnia, Gacyny, Głodówko, Gniewowo, Góra, Gościcino, Gwizdówka, Kąpino, Kniewo, Kotłówka, Krystkowo, Łężyce, Małe Gowino, Marianowo, Miga, Młynki, Nowiny, Nowy Dwór Wejherowski, Orle, Paradyż, Pętkowice, Piecewo, Pińskie, Pnie, Polnica, Prajsów, Prymków, Pryśniewo, Reszki, Rogulewo, Sopieszyno, Sopieszyno-Wybudowanie, Ustarbowo, Warszkowo, Warszkowski Młyn, Wielkie Gowino, Wosów, Wygoda, Wyspowo, Zamostne, Zbychowo, Zielon ...
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Gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminas include cities and towns, with 302 among them constituting an independent urban gmina ( pl, gmina miejska) consisting solely of a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (''prezydent miasta''). The gmina has been the basic unit of territorial division in Poland since 1974, when it replaced the smaller gromada (cluster). Three or more gminas make up a higher level unit called powiat, except for those holding the status of a city with powiat rights. Each and every powiat has the seat in a city or town, in the latter case either an urban gmina or a part of an urban-rural one. Types There are three types of gmina: #302 urban gmina ( pl, gmina miejska) constituted either by a sta ...
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Gacyny
Gacyny is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wejherowo and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania. References Gacyny Gacyny is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wejherowo and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For de ...

Miga, Poland
Miga is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wejherowo and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania. References Miga The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is an international financial institution which offers political risk insurance and credit enhancement guarantees. These guarantees help investors protect foreign direct investments against ...

Marianowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Marianowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wejherowo and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For details of the history of the region, see ''History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol ...''. References Marianowo {{Wejherowo-geo-stub ...
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Małe Gowino
Małe Gowino is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Wejherowo and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol .... References Villages in Wejherowo County {{Wejherowo-geo-stub ...
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Łężyce, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Łężyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wejherowo and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania. Łężyce was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. Notable people * (1888–1939), Polish Catholic priest, activist, member of the Polish resistance movement in partitioned Poland, and founder of the ''Polska Żyje'' Polish resistance organisation during World War II, murdered by the Germans in Cewice * (1897–1939), Polish activist and soldier, murdered by the Germans in the Massacres in Piaśnica The massacres in Piaśnica were a set of mass executions carried out by Nazi Germany during World War II, between the fall of 1939 and spring of 1940 in Piaśnica Wielka (Gro ...
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Krystkowo
Krystkowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Wejherowo and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania. References Krystkowo Krystkowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Wejherowo and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For deta ...

Kotłówka, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Kotłówka is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Wejherowo and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol .... References Villages in Wejherowo County {{Wejherowo-geo-stub ...
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Kniewo
Kniewo ( csb, Kniewò) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wejherowo and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania. The village has a population of 321. Kniewo was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. References Kniewo Kniewo ( csb, Kniewò) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wejherowo and north-west of the regional capital Gd ...

Kąpino
Kąpino is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Wejherowo and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol .... References Villages in Wejherowo County {{Wejherowo-geo-stub ...
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Gwizdówka
Gwizdówka ( csb, Gwiżdżówka/Pùrgaczka) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. For details of the history of the region, see ''History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol ...''. References Villages in Wejherowo County {{Wejherowo-geo-stub ...
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Gościcino
Gościcino () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Wejherowo and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol .... References Villages in Wejherowo County {{Wejherowo-geo-stub ...
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