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Gmina Kurzętnik 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
Nowe Miasto County,
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
. Its seat is the village of
Kurzętnik
Kurzętnik 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 Lubawskie and south-we ...
, which lies approximately south of
Nowe Miasto Lubawskie and south-west of the regional capital
Olsztyn
Olsztyn ( , ) is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with powiat rights, city with county rights. The population of the city was estimated at 169,793 residents
Olsz ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,646.
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
Brodnica Landscape Park.
Villages
Gmina Kurzętnik contains the villages and settlements of
Bratuszewo,
Brzozie Lubawskie,
Kąciki,
Kacze Bagno,
Kamionka,
Krzemieniewo,
Kurzętnik
Kurzętnik 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 Lubawskie and south-we ...
,
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,
Nowe Miasto Lubawskie and
Zbiczno.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Kurzetnik
Nowe Miasto County