Gmina Kęsowo 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 Tuchola County

Tuchola County

Tuchola 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 only town is Tuchola, which...

, 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 village of Kęsowo

Kesowo

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

, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-west of Tuchola

Tuchola

Tuchola is a town in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship in northern Poland. The Pomeranian town, which had a population of 13,976 as of 2004, is located close to the Tuchola Forests about 7t0 km north of Bydgoszcz, and is the seat of Tuchola County...

 and 53 km (33 mi) north of Bydgoszcz.

The gmina covers an area of 108.82 square kilometres (42 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,381.

Villages

Gmina Kęsowo contains the villages and settlements of Adamkowo

Adamkowo

Adamkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęsowo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Kęsowo, south-west of Tuchola, and north-west of Bydgoszcz....

, Bralewnica

Bralewnica

Bralewnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęsowo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kęsowo, south-west of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Brzuchowo

Brzuchowo

Brzuchowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęsowo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Kęsowo, south-west of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Drożdzienica

Drozdzienica

Drożdzienica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęsowo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Kęsowo, south-west of Tuchola, and north-west of Bydgoszcz....

, Grochowo

Grochowo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Grochowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęsowo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Kęsowo, north-west of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Jeleńcz

Jelencz, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Jeleńcz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęsowo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Kęsowo, south-west of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Kęsowo

Kesowo

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

, Krajenki

Krajenki

Krajenki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęsowo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Kęsowo, south-west of Tuchola, and north-west of Bydgoszcz....

, Ludwichowo

Ludwichowo, Gmina Kesowo

Ludwichowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęsowo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Kęsowo, south-west of Tuchola, and north-west of Bydgoszcz....

, Nowe Żalno

Nowe Zalno

Nowe Żalno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęsowo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kęsowo, north-west of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Obrowo

Obrowo, Tuchola County

Obrowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęsowo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland...

, Pamiętowo

Pamietowo

Pamiętowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęsowo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Kęsowo, south-west of Tuchola, and north-west of Bydgoszcz....

, Piastoszyn

Piastoszyn

Piastoszyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęsowo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Kęsowo, west of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Przymuszewo

Przymuszewo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Przymuszewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęsowo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Kęsowo, south-west of Tuchola, and north-west of Bydgoszcz....

, Sicinki

Sicinki

Sicinki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęsowo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Kęsowo, west of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Siciny

Siciny, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Siciny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęsowo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kęsowo, west of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Tuchółka, Wieszczyce

Wieszczyce, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Wieszczyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęsowo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kęsowo, south-west of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

 and Żalno

Zalno

Żalno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęsowo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kęsowo, west of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kęsowo is bordered by the gminas of Chojnice

Gmina Chojnice

Gmina Chojnice is a rural gmina in Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Chojnice, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Gostycyn

Gmina Gostycyn

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

, Kamień Krajeński

Gmina Kamien Krajenski

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

, Sępólno Krajeńskie

Gmina Sepólno Krajenskie

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

 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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