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Gmina Linia ( csb, Gmina Lëniô) is a rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Wejherowo County
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Wejherowo County ( csb, Wejrowsczi kréz, pl, powiat wejherowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Baltic coast. It came into being on January 1, 1 ...
,
Pomeranian Voivodeship, 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
Linia, which lies approximately south-west of
Wejherowo
Wejherowo ( csb, Wejrowò; german: Neustadt in Westpreußen, formerly Weyhersfrey) is a city in Gdańsk Pomerania, northern Poland, with 48,735 inhabitants (2021). It has been the capital of Wejherowo County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 19 ...
and west of the regional capital
Gdańsk.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,785. It belongs to
bilingual communes in Poland
The bilingual status of gminas (municipalities) in Poland is regulated by the ''Act of 6 January 2005 on National and Ethnic Minorities and on the Regional Languages'', which permits certain gminas with significant linguistic minorities to introdu ...
.
The gmina contains part of the
protected area called
Kashubian Landscape Park
Kashubian Landscape Park ( pl, Kaszubski Park Krajobrazowy, csb, Kaszëbsczi Park Krajòbrazny) is a Landscape Park, a Polish protected area classification, in northern Poland. It represents the natural landscape of and is named after the histori ...
.
Villages
Gmina Linia contains the villages and settlements of
Dargolewo,
Głodnica,
Igrzeczna,
Kętrzyno,
Kobylasz,
Leobór,
Lewinko,
Lewino,
Linia,
Miłoszewo,
Niedźwiadek,
Niepoczołowice,
Niepoczołowice-Folwark,
Osiek,
Pobłocie,
Potęgowo,
Smażyno,
Strzepcz,
Tłuczewo and
Zakrzewo.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Linia is bordered by the gminas of
Cewice
Cewice ( csb, Céwice; formerly german: Zewitz) is a village in Lębork County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Cewice. It lies approximately south of Lębork and ...
,
Kartuzy
Kartuzy () ( Kashubian ''Kartuzë'', ''Kartëzë'', or ''Kartuzé''; formerly german: Karthaus) is a town in northern Poland, located in the historic Eastern Pomerania ( Pomerelia) region. It is the capital of Kartuzy County in Pomeranian Voivode ...
,
Łęczyce,
Luzino
Luzino ( csb, Lëzëno; formerly german: Lusin, (1942-3): ''Freienau'', (1943-5): ''Lintzau'') is a village in Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina ...
,
Sierakowice and
Szemud
Szemud ( csb, Szëmôłd; formerly german: Schönwalde) is a village in Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Szemud. It lies approximately south of Wej ...
.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
{{Wejherowo County
Linia
Wejherowo County
Kashubia
Bilingual communes in Poland