Gmina Górzno is an urban-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 Brodnica County

Brodnica County

Brodnica County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central 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 Brodnica,...

, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

-Transportation:Transportation infrastructure is of critical importance to the voivodeship's economy. Kuyavia-Pomerania is a major node point in the Polish transportation system. Railway lines from the South and East pass through Bydgoszcz in order to reach the major ports on the Baltic Sea...

, in north-central 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 Górzno

Górzno

Górzno is a town in Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,369 inhabitants ....

, which lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of Brodnica

Brodnica

Brodnica is a town in northern Poland with 27,400 inhabitants . Previously part of Toruń Voivodeship [a province], from 1975 to 1998, Brodnica has been situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999...

 and 72 km (45 mi) east of Toruń

Torun

Toruń is an ancient city in northern Poland, on the Vistula River. Its population is more than 205,934 as of June 2009. Toruń is one of the oldest cities in Poland. The medieval old town of Toruń is the birthplace of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus....

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The gmina covers an area of 119.38 square kilometres (46.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,857 (out of which the population of Górzno amounts to 1,362, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,495).

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 Górzno-Lidzbark Landscape Park

Górzno-Lidzbark Landscape Park

Górzno-Lidzbark Landscape Park is a protected area in north-central Poland, established in 1990, covering an area of ....

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Villages

Apart from the town of Górzno, Gmina Górzno contains the villages and settlements of Czarny Bryńsk

Czarny Brynsk

Czarny Bryńsk is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górzno, within Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies east of Górzno, east of Brodnica, and east of Toruń.-References:...

, Fiałki, Gołkowo, Górzno-Wybudowanie

Górzno-Wybudowanie

Górzno-Wybudowanie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górzno, within Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.-References:...

, Miesiączkowo

Miesiaczkowo

Miesiączkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górzno, within Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies north of Górzno, north-east of Brodnica, and north-east of Toruń.-References:...

, Szczutowo

Szczutowo, Brodnica County

Szczutowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górzno, within Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Górzno, south-east of Brodnica, and east of Toruń.-References:...

, Szynkówko

Szynkówko

Szynkówko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górzno, within Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies south-west of Górzno, south-east of Brodnica, and east of Toruń.-References:...

 and Zaborowo

Zaborowo, Brodnica County

Zaborowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górzno, within Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies north-west of Górzno, east of Brodnica, and east of Toruń.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Górzno is bordered by the gminas of Bartniczka

Gmina Bartniczka

Gmina Bartniczka is a rural gmina in Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bartniczka, which lies approximately east of Brodnica and east of Toruń....

, Lidzbark

Gmina Lidzbark

Gmina Lidzbark is an urban-rural gmina in Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Lidzbark, which lies approximately west of Działdowo and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn...

, Lubowidz

Gmina Lubowidz

Gmina Lubowidz is a rural gmina in Żuromin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Lubowidz, which lies approximately north-west of Żuromin and north-west of Warsaw....

 and Świedziebnia

Gmina Swiedziebnia

Gmina Świedziebnia is a rural gmina in Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Świedziebnia, which lies approximately south-east of Brodnica and east of Toruń....

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