__NOTOC__ Gmina Kołczygłowy is a rural

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 4 ...

(administrative district) in

Bytów County __NOTOC__ Bytów County ( csb, bëtowsczi pòwiat, pl, powiat bytowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Pol ...

Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomorskie Region, or Pomerania Province (Polish: ''Województwo pomorskie'' ; ( Kashubian: ''Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò'' ), is a voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk. The ...

, in northern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. Its seat is the village of

Kołczygłowy Kołczygłowy (; formerly german: Alt Kolziglow) is a village in Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northwestern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kołczygłowy. It lies approximately north-west ...

, which lies approximately north-west of

Bytów Bytów (; csb, Bëtowò; formerly german: Bütow ) is a town in the Gdańsk Pomerania region of northern Poland with 16,730 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the capital of Bytów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. The origins of Bytó ...

and west of the regional capital

Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,321. The gmina contains part of the

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

called Słupia Valley Landscape Park.

Villages

Gmina Kołczygłowy contains the villages and settlements of Barkocin, Barnowiec, Barnowo, Barnowski Młyn, Darżkowo, Dobojewo, Gałąźnia Mała, Gałąźnia Wielka, Gęślice, Górki, Grępno, Jasionka, Jezierze, Klęskowo, Kołczygłówki,

, Laski, Łobzowo, Łubno, Miłobądź, Nowa Jasionka, Nowe Łubno,

Podgórze Podgórze is a district of Kraków, Poland, situated on the right (southern) bank of the Vistula River, at the foot of Lasota Hill. The district was subdivided in 1990 into six new districts, see present-day districts of Kraków for more details. ...

, Przyborze, Pustka, Radusz, Różki, Sierowo, Świelubie, Wądół, Wierszynko,

Wierszyno Wierszyno ()''Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße'' by M. Kaemmerer is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kołczygłowy, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approxi ...

, Witanowo, Zagony and Zatoki.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kołczygłowy is bordered by the gminas of Borzytuchom,

Dębnica Kaszubska Dębnica Kaszubska (; formerly german: Rathsdamnitz) is a village in Słupsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Dębnica Kaszubska. It is situated approximately ...

Miastko Miastko ( csb, Miastkò; formerly german: Rummelsburg in Pommern), is a town in the Middle Pomerania region of northwestern Poland. Administratively it has since 1999 been part of Bytów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship; previously (1975� ...

, Trzebielino and

Tuchomie Tuchomie ( csb, Tëchòmié, german: Groß Tuchen) is a village in Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Tuchomie. It lies approximately west of Bytów B ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006
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