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Gmina Åšwiecie 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
Åšwiecie County
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Åšwiecie County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms p ...
,
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship * Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) in Poland.
* Kuyavian-Pomeranian is one of 13 Polish constituency of the European Parliament.
* Kuyavian-Pomeranian Regional Assembly is the regional legislature of t ...
, in north-central
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
Åšwiecie
Åšwiecie (; ) is a town in northern Poland with 24,841 inhabitants (2023), capital of Åšwiecie County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.
Founded ...
, which lies approximately north of
Toruń
Toruń is a city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland and a World Heritage Sites of Poland, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its population was 196,935 as of December 2021. Previously, it was the capital of the Toruń Voivodeship (1975–199 ...
and north-east of
Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia. Straddling the confluence of the Vistula River and its bank (geography), left-bank tributary, the Brda (river), Brda, the strategic location of Byd ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2023 its total population is 32,807 (out of which the population of Åšwiecie amounts to 24,841, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,966).
Villages
Apart from the town of Åšwiecie, Gmina Åšwiecie contains the villages and settlements of
Chrystkowo,
Czapelki,
Czaple,
Drozdowo,
Dworzysko,
Dziki,
Ernestowo,
Głogówko Królewskie,
Gruczno,
Kosowo,
Kozłowo,
Małe Bedlenki
Małe Bedlenki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship * Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) in Poland.
* Kuyavian-Pomeranian is ...
,
Marianki,
Morsk
Morsk is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Åšwiecie, within Åšwiecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship * Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) in Poland.
* Kuyavian-Pomeranian is one of 1 ...
,
Niedźwiedź,
Nowe Dobra,
Polski Konopat
Polski Konopat is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Åšwiecie, within Åšwiecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.
Notable residents
Aurel Krause
Dr. Aurel Krause (December 30, 1848 – March 14, ...
,
Przechówko
Przechówko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Świecie
Åšwiecie (; ) is a town in northern Polan ...
,
Sartowice
Sartowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Åšwiecie, within Åšwiecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Åšwiecie
Åšwiecie (; ) is a town in northern Poland with 2 ...
,
Skarszewo,
Sulnówko,
Sulnowo,
Święte,
Topolinek,
WiÄ…g,
Wielki Konopat and
Wyrwa.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Åšwiecie is bordered by the town of
Chełmno
Chełmno (; older ; , formerly also ) is a town in northern Poland near the Vistula river with 18,915 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the seat of the Chełmno County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Due to its regional importance ...
and by the gminas of
Bukowiec,
Chełmno
Chełmno (; older ; , formerly also ) is a town in northern Poland near the Vistula river with 18,915 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the seat of the Chełmno County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Due to its regional importance ...
,
Dragacz
Dragacz is a village in Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Dragacz. It lies approximately north-east of Świecie and north of Toruń
...
,
Drzycim
Drzycim is a village in Åšwiecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Drzycim. It lies approximately north-west of Åšwiecie, north-east of Bydgoszcz ...
,
Jeżewo and
Pruszcz.
References
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Swiecie
Åšwiecie County