__NOTOC__ Gmina Osieczna 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

Starogard County __NOTOC__ Starogard County (, ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. The name is a combination of two terms: stari which is Slavic for ''old'' and gard which is Pomerani ...

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, in northern

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. Its seat is the village of

Osieczna Osieczna is a town in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,131 inhabitants (2010). It is located on the northern shore of the Łoniewskie Lake. History As part of the region of Greater Poland, i.e. the cradle of the Polish ...

, which lies approximately south-west of

Starogard Gdański Starogard Gdański (; until 1950: ''Starogard''; formerly ) is a city in Pomeranian Voivodeship in northern Poland with 48,328 inhabitants (2004). Starogard is the capital of Starogard County. Founded in the Middle Ages, Starogard is a city with ...

and south-west of the regional capital

Gdańsk Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2022 its total population is 2,839.

Villages

Gmina Osieczna contains the villages and settlements of Bałkany, Cisiny, Długie, Duże Krówno, Jastrzębie, Jeże, Klaniny, Leśny Dwór, Małe Krówno, Nowy Dwór,

, Osówek, Owcze Błota, Parcele, Pólka, Starzyska,

Szlachta The ''szlachta'' (; ; ) were the nobility, noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Depending on the definition, they were either a warrior "caste" or a social ...

, Wiązak, Zdrójno and Zimne Zdroje.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Osieczna is bordered by the town of

Czarna Woda Czarna Woda is a town in Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, with 2,735 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie within Pomerania. The town's name translates to "Black ...

and by the gminas of

Czersk Czersk (; ; formerly , (1942-5): ) is a town in northern Poland in Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 9,844. Today the center of the city of Czersk in is the Village Square. The infrastructu ...

, Kaliska,

Lubichowo Lubichowo is a village in Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Lubichowo. It lies approximately south-west of Starogard Gdański and south of the region ...

, Osiek and Śliwice.

References

Polish official population figures 2006

{{Starogard County

Gmina Osieczna