Gmina Chmielno 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 Kartuzy County

Kartuzy County

Kartuzy 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 Kartuzy, which lies west...

, 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

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 Chmielno

Chmielno, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Chmielno is a village in Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kashubia in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Chmielno...

, which lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) west of Kartuzy

Kartuzy

Kartuzy is a town in the historic Eastern Pomerania region of northwestern Poland, located about west of Gdańsk with a population of 15,472...

 and 35 km (22 mi) west 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...

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The gmina covers an area of 79.18 square kilometres (30.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,491.

The gmina contains part of the protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 called Kashubian Landscape Park

Kashubian Landscape Park

Kashubian Landscape Park is a Landscape Park, a Polish protected area classification, in northern Poland. It represents the natural landscape of and is named after the historic Kashubian culture that existed in this region.-Geography:The Kashubian Landscape Park covers an area of , and was...

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Villages

Gmina Chmielno contains the villages and settlements of Borzestowo

Borzestowo

Borzestowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Chmielno, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Borzestowska Huta

Borzestowska Huta

Borzestowska Huta /Bòrzestowskô Hëta is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Chmieleńskie Chrósty

Chmielenskie Chrósty

Chmieleńskie Chrósty is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Chmielno

Chmielno, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Chmielno is a village in Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kashubia in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Chmielno...

, Chmielonko

Chmielonko

Chmielonko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Chmielno, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Cieszenie

Cieszenie

Cieszenie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Chmielno, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Dejk

Dejk

Dejk is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Chmielno, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Garcz

Garcz

Garcz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Chmielno, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Glinno

Glinno, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Glinno is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Chmielno, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Grodzisko

Grodzisko, Kartuzy County

Grodzisko is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Chmielno, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Haska

Haska, Kartuzy County

Haska is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Chmielno, south-west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Koryta

Koryta, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Koryta is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Chmielno, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Koszkania

Koszkania

Koszkania is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Chmielno, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Kożyczkowo

Kozyczkowo

Kożyczkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Chmielno, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Łączyńska Huta, Lampa

Lampa, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Lampa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Chmielno, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Lipowiec

Lipowiec, Kartuzy County

Lipowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Chmielno, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Maks

Maks

Maks is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Chmielno, south-west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Miechucino

Miechucino

Miechucino is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Chmielno, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Miechucińskie Chrósty

Miechucinskie Chrósty

Miechucińskie Chrósty is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Chmielno, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Młyn Dolny, Młyn Górny, Przewóz

Przewóz, Kartuzy County

Przewóz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Rekowo

Rekowo, Kartuzy County

Rekowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Chmielno, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Reskowo

Reskowo

Reskowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Chmielno, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Rzym

Rzym, Kartuzy County

Rzym is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Chmielno, north-west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Stary Dwór

Stary Dwór, Gmina Chmielno

Stary Dwór is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Chmielno, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Strysza Góra

Strysza Góra

Strysza Góra is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Chmielno, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Sznurki

Sznurki

Sznurki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Chmielno, south-west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Węgliska

Wegliska, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Węgliska is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Chmielno, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Zajezierze

Zajezierze, Kartuzy County

Zajezierze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Chmielno, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

 and Zawory

Zawory, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Zawory is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chmielno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Chmielno, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Chmielno is bordered by the gminas of Kartuzy

Gmina Kartuzy

Gmina Kartuzy is an urban-rural gmina in Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Kartuzy, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Sierakowice

Gmina Sierakowice

Gmina Sierakowice is a rural gmina in Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Sierakowice, which lies approximately west of Kartuzy and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

 and Stężyca

Gmina Stezyca, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Gmina Stężyca is a rural gmina in Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Stężyca, which lies approximately south-west of Kartuzy and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

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