Bobowo
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Bobowo b is a village
in Starogard County
, Pomeranian Voivodeship
, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina
(administrative district) called Gmina Bobowo
. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Starogard Gdański
and 54 km (34 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk
.
For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania
.
The village has a population of 1,271.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Starogard County
Starogard County
Starogard County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Starogard Gdański, which...
, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship, or Pomerania Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in north-central Poland. It comprises most of Pomerelia , as well as an area east of the Vistula River...
, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina
Gmina
The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...
(administrative district) called Gmina Bobowo
Gmina Bobowo
Gmina Bobowo is a rural gmina in Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Bobowo, which lies approximately south of Starogard Gdański and south of the regional capital Gdańsk...
. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Starogard Gdański
Starogard Gdanski
Starogard Gdański is a town in Eastern Pomerania in northwestern Poland with 48,328 inhabitants...
and 54 km (34 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk
Gdansk
Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...
.
For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania
History of Pomerania
The history of Pomerania dates back more than 10,000 years. Settlement in the area started by the end of the Vistula Glacial Stage, about 13,000 years ago. Archeological traces have been found of various cultures during the Stone and Bronze Age, of Veneti and Germanic peoples during the Iron Age...
.
The village has a population of 1,271.