Gmina Chojnice 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 Chojnice County

Chojnice County

Chojnice 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 Chojnice, which lies ...

, 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 town of Chojnice

Chojnice

Chojnice is a town in northern Poland with 39 670 inhabitants , near famous Tuchola Forest, Lake Charzykowskie and many other water reservoirs. It is the capital of the Chojnice County....

, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.

The gmina covers an area of 458.34 square kilometres (177 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 16,014.

The gmina contains parts 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...

s of Tuchola Landscape Park

Tuchola Landscape Park

Tuchola Landscape Park is a protected area in north-central Poland, established in 1985, covering an area of in the Tuchola Forests close to the town of Tuchola....

 and Zaborski Landscape Park

Zaborski Landscape Park

Zaborski Landscape Park is a protected area in northern Poland, established in 1990, covering an area of north of the town of Chojnice. It surrounds Tuchola Forest National Park....

.

Villages

Gmina Chojnice contains the villages and settlements of Angowice

Angowice

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

, Babilon

Babilon, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Bachorze

Bachorze

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

, Białe Błota, Borne

Borne, Gmina Chojnice

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

, Charzykowy

Charzykowy

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

, Chiny

Chiny, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Chociński Młyn, Chojnaty

Chojnaty

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

, Chojniczki

Chojniczki

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

, Chojniczki-Wybudowanie

Chojniczki-Wybudowanie

Chojniczki-Wybudowanie is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chojnice, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Chojnice and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Ciechocin

Ciechocin, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Cołdanki, Czartołomie, Dębowa Góra

Debowa Góra, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Dębowa Góra is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chojnice, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Chojnice and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Doręgowice

Doregowice

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

, Drzewicz

Drzewicz

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

, Funka

Funka

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

, Gockowice

Gockowice

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

, Granowo

Granowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Grzampki

Grzampki

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

, Jabłonka, Jakubowo

Jakubowo, Chojnice County

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

, Jarcewo

Jarcewo

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

, Jasnowo

Jasnowo

Jasnowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chojnice, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Chojnice and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Jeziorki

Jeziorki, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Józefowo

Józefowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Kamionka

Kamionka, Gmina Chojnice

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

, Kamionka nad jeziorem Zamarte

Kamionka nad jeziorem Zamarte

Kamionka nad jeziorem Zamarte is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chojnice, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Chojnice and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Karolewo

Karolewo, Gmina Chojnice

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

, Klawkowo

Klawkowo

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

, Kłodawa, Kłodawka, Klosnowo

Klosnowo

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

, Klucza

Klucza

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

, Kokoszka

Kokoszka, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Kopernica

Kopernica, Poland

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

, Kopernica nad Jeziorem

Kopernica nad Jeziorem

Kopernica nad Jeziorem is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chojnice, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Chojnice and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Krojanty

Krojanty

Krojanty is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chojnice, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies near the Tuchola Forest, approximately north-east of Chojnice and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk...

, Kruszka

Kruszka, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Kulki

Kulki, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Lichnowy

Lichnowy, Chojnice County

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

, Lipienice

Lipienice, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Lotyń

Lotyn, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Łukomie, Małe Swornegacie, Małe Zanie, Melanówek

Melanówek

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

, Melanowo

Melanowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Moszczenica

Moszczenica, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Nicponie

Nicponie

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

, Nieżychowice

Niezychowice

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

, Nieżychowice-Wybudowanie

Niezychowice-Wybudowanie

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

, Nowa Cerkiew

Nowa Cerkiew, Chojnice County

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

, Nowa Cerkiew Szlachetna

Nowa Cerkiew Szlachetna

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

, Nowy Dwór

Nowy Dwór, Chojnice County

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

, Objezierze

Objezierze, Chojnice County

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

, Ogorzeliny

Ogorzeliny

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

, Osiedle Słoneczne, Ostrowite

Ostrowite, Gmina Chojnice

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

, Ostrowite ZR

Ostrowite ZR

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

, Owink

Owink

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

, Pawłówko, Pawłowo, Pawłowo-Wybudowanie, Płęsno, Pomoc

Pomoc, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Powałki, Racławki, Sepiot

Sepiot

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

, Silno

Silno, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Sławęcin, Śluza

Sluza, Chojnice County

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

, Stary Młyn, Sternowo

Sternowo

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

, Strużka

Struzka, Chojnice County

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

, Styporc

Styporc

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

, Swornegacie

Swornegacie

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

, Topole

Topole, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Wączos

Waczos

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

, Wielkie Zanie

Wielkie Zanie

Wielkie Zanie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chojnice, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Chojnice and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Władysławek, Wolność

Wolnosc, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Zbeniny

Zbeniny

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

 and Zbrzyca

Zbrzyca, Chojnice County

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Chojnice is bordered by the gminas of Brusy

Gmina Brusy

Gmina Brusy is an urban-rural gmina in Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Brusy, which lies approximately north-east of Chojnice and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Czersk

Gmina Czersk

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

, Człuchów, Kamień Krajeński

Gmina Kamien Krajenski

Gmina Kamień Krajeński is an urban-rural gmina in Sępólno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland...

, Kęsowo

Gmina Kesowo

Gmina Kęsowo is a rural gmina in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kęsowo, which lies approximately south-west of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Konarzyny

Gmina Konarzyny

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

, Lipnica

Gmina Lipnica

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

 and Tuchola

Gmina Tuchola

Gmina Tuchola is an urban-rural gmina in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuchola, which lies approximately north of Bydgoszcz....

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