Gmina Moryń is an urban-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
Gryfino County
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Gryfino County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the German border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local go ...
,
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
West Pomeranian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals , and in 2021, it was inhabited by 1,682,003 people.
It was established on 1 Janua ...
, in north-western
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 town of
Moryń, which lies approximately south of
Gryfino
Gryfino () is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland, with 21,393 inhabitants (2017). It is the capital of Gryfino County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
The town is located on the Odra Wschodnia, the eastern branch of the Oder river, about ...
and south of the regional capital
Szczecin
Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Poland-Germany border, German border, it is a major port, seaport, the la ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,296 (out of which the population of Moryń amounts to 1,570, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,726).
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
Cedynia Landscape Park
Cedynia Landscape Park () is a protected area ( Landscape Park) located in north-western Poland, adjacent to the German border. It was established on 1 April 1993, by order of the governor (voivode) of the then Szczecin Voivodeship. The Park cover ...
.
Villages
Apart from the town of Moryń, Gmina Moryń contains the villages and settlements of
Bielin,
Dolsko
Dolsko ( or ; in older sources also ''Dolško'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 18. ) is a settlement northeast of Ljubljana in the ...
,
Gądno,
Klępicz,
Macierz,
Mierno,
Mirowo,
Młynary,
Moryń-Dwór,
Niwka,
Nowe Objezierze,
Przyjezierze,
Skotnica,
Stare Objezierze,
Wisław,
Witnica and
Witniczka.
Neighbouring Gminas
Gmina Moryń is bordered by the gminas of
Cedynia,
Chojna
Chojna (; "King's Mountain in the Neumark, New March") is a small town in northwestern Poland in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It lies approximately south of Szczecin. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 7,330.
Chojna is loca ...
and
Mieszkowice.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Moryn
Gryfino County