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Gmina Kołczygłowy is a rural
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...
(administrative district) in
Bytów County
Bytów County (, ) 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 Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its admi ...
,
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship ( ; ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk.
The voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk Voivo ...
, in northern
Poland
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. Its seat is the village of
Kołczygłowy
Kołczygłowy () 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 of Bytów and west of the regiona ...
, which lies approximately north-west of
Bytów
Bytów (; ; ) 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.
In the early Middle Ages a fortified stronghold stood nea ...
and west of the regional capital
Gdańsk
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.
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 or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...
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,
Kołczygłowy
Kołczygłowy () 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 of Bytów and west of the regiona ...
,
Laski,
Łobzowo,
Łubno,
Miłobądź,
Nowa Jasionka,
Nowe Łubno,
Podgórze
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,
Przyborze,
Pustka,
Radusz,
Różki,
Sierowo,
Świelubie,
Wądół,
Wierszynko,
Wierszyno,
Witanowo,
Zagony and
Zatoki.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Kołczygłowy is bordered by the gminas of
Borzytuchom,
Dębnica Kaszubska,
Miastko,
Trzebielino and
Tuchomie.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Bytów County