__NOTOC__ Gmina Smołdzino is a

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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

Słupsk County __NOTOC__ Słupsk County (, ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Baltic coast. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government re ...

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

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. Its seat is the

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

of Smołdzino, which lies approximately north-east of

Słupsk Słupsk (; ; ) is a city with powiat rights located on the Słupia River in the Pomeranian Voivodeship in northern Poland, in the historical region of Pomerania or more specifically in its part known in contemporary Poland as Central Pomerania ...

and 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 2006 its total

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is 3,478.

Villages

Gmina Smołdzino contains the villages and settlements of Boleniec, Bukowa, Człuchy,

Czołpino Czołpino () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Smołdzino, within Słupsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Smołdzino, north-east of Słupsk, and north-west of the regional ...

, Czysta, Gardna Mała, Gardna Wielka, Kluki, Komnino, Łódki, Łokciowe, Przybynin, Retowo, Siecie, Siedliszcze, Smołdzino, Smołdziński Las, Stare Kluki, Stojcino, Wierzchocino,

Witkowo Witkowo () is a town in Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, located southeast of Poznań. History Witkowo was first mentioned in a document from 1363. It was a private village of Polish nobility of the Kingdom of Poland, administ ...

Wysoka Wysoka is a town in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,736 inhabitants (2010). History The oldest known mention Wysoka comes from 1260, when it was granted by Duke Bolesław the Pious from the Piast dynasty to Mikołaj ...

and Żelazo.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Smołdzino is bordered by the town of

Łeba Łeba (, ; ) is a seaside town in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of northern Poland. It is located in the region of Gdańsk Pomerania ( Pomerelia), near Łebsko Lake and the mouth of the river Łeba on the Slovincian Coast of the Baltic Sea. History ...

and by the gminas of Główczyce,

Ustka Ustka (, , ) is a spa town in the Middle Pomerania region of northern Poland with 17,100 inhabitants (2001). It is part of Słupsk County in Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is located on the Slovincian Coast on the Baltic Sea. It is a port town and po ...

and Wicko.

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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