Gmina Banie is a rural 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) in Gryfino County

Gryfino County

Gryfino County is a unit of territorial administration and local government 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 government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest...

, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

West Pomeranian Voivodeship

West Pomeranian Voivodeship, , is a voivodeship in northwestern Poland. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the southeast, Lubusz Voivodeship to the south, the German federal-state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north...

, in north-western Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. Its seat is the village of Banie

Banie

Banie is a village in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Banie. It lies approximately south-east of Gryfino and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

, which lies approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) south-east of Gryfino

Gryfino

Gryfino is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland with 22,500 inhabitants . It is also the capital of Gryfino County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship , previously in Szczecin Voivodeship ....

 and 36 km (22 mi) south of the regional capital Szczecin

Szczecin

Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....

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The gmina covers an area of 205.81 square kilometres (79.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,350.

Villages

Gmina Banie contains the villages and settlements of Babinek

Babinek, Gryfino County

Babinek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Banie, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately west of Banie, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

, Banie

Banie

Banie is a village in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Banie. It lies approximately south-east of Gryfino and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

, Baniewice

Baniewice

Baniewice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Banie, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Banie, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

, Dłusko Gryfińskie, Dłużyna, Górnowo

Górnowo

Górnowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Banie, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Banie, south-east of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

, Górny Młyn, Kunowo

Kunowo, Gryfino County

Kunowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Banie, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Banie, south-east of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

, Lubanowo

Lubanowo

Lubanowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Banie, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Banie, south-east of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

, Otoki

Otoki, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Otoki is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Banie, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Banie, south-east of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Parnica

Parnica, Gryfino County

Parnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Banie, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Banie, south-east of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

, Piaseczno

Piaseczno, Gmina Banie

Piaseczno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Banie, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Banie, south-east of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

, Piaskowo

Piaskowo, Gryfino County

Piaskowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Banie, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania....

, Rożnowo

Roznowo, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Rożnowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Banie, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Banie, south-east of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Skotniki

Skotniki, Gryfino County

Skotniki is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Banie, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Banie, south-east of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Sosnowo

Sosnowo, Gryfino County

Sosnowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Banie, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north of Banie, south-east of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Swobnica

Swobnica

Swobnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Banie, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Banie, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

, Trzaski

Trzaski, Gryfino County

Trzaski is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Banie, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Banie, south-east of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...

 and Tywica

Tywica

Tywica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Banie, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Banie is bordered by the gminas of Bielice

Gmina Bielice

Gmina Bielice is a rural gmina in Pyrzyce County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Bielice, which lies approximately north-west of Pyrzyce and south of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Chojna

Gmina Chojna

Gmina Chojna is an urban-rural gmina in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, on the German border...

, Gryfino

Gmina Gryfino

Gmina Gryfino is an urban-rural gmina in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, on the German border...

, Kozielice

Gmina Kozielice

Gmina Kozielice is a rural gmina in Pyrzyce County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Kozielice, which lies approximately south-west of Pyrzyce and south-east of the regional capital Szczecin.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Myślibórz

Gmina Myslibórz

Gmina Myślibórz is an urban-rural gmina in Myślibórz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Myślibórz, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Pyrzyce

Gmina Pyrzyce

Gmina Pyrzyce is an urban-rural gmina in Pyrzyce County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Pyrzyce, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Trzcińsko-Zdrój

Gmina Trzcinsko-Zdrój

Gmina Trzcińsko-Zdrój is an urban-rural gmina in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland...

 and Widuchowa

Gmina Widuchowa

Gmina Widuchowa is a rural gmina in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, on the German border...

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