__NOTOC__ Gmina Kurzętnik is a rural gmina (administrative district) in

Nowe Miasto County __NOTOC__ Nowe Miasto County ( pl, powiat nowomiejski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local go ...

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship or Warmia-Masuria Province or Warmia-Mazury Province (in pl, Województwo warmińsko-mazurskie, is a voivodeship (province) in northeastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn. The voivodeship has an ar ...

, 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 populou ...

. Its seat is the village of

Kurzętnik Kurzętnik (german: Kauernik) is a village in Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kurzętnik. It lies approximately south of Nowe Miasto Lub ...

, which lies approximately south of

Nowe Miasto Lubawskie Nowe Miasto Lubawskie (; german: Neumark in Westpreußen) is a town in northern Poland, situated on the River Drwęca. The total population in June 2018 was 11,062. Nowe Miasto Lubawskie is the capital of Nowe Miasto County ( pl, powiat nowomie ...

and south-west of the regional capital

Olsztyn Olsztyn ( , ; german: Allenstein ; Old Prussian: ''Alnāsteini'' * Latin: ''Allenstenium'', ''Holstin'') is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with county rights. ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,646. The gmina contains part of the protected area called

Brodnica Landscape Park Brodnica Landscape Park (''Brodnicki Park Krajobrazowy'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in north-central Poland, established in 1985, covering an area of . The Park is shared between two voivodeships: Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and ...

Villages

Gmina Kurzętnik contains the villages and settlements of Bratuszewo, Brzozie Lubawskie, Kąciki, Kacze Bagno, Kamionka, Krzemieniewo,

, Lipowiec, Małe Bałówki, Marzęcice, Mikołajki, Nielbark, Ostrówki, Otręba, Rygiel, Sugajenko, Szafarnia, Tereszewo, Tomaszewo, Wawrowice and Wielkie Bałówki.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kurzętnik is bordered by the gminas of Biskupiec, Brzozie, Grodziczno,

and Zbiczno.

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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