Gmina Kościerzyna 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 Kościerzyna County

Koscierzyna County

Kościerzyna 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 only town is Kościerzyna, 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 Kościerzyna

Koscierzyna

Kościerzyna is a town in Kashubia in Gdańsk Pomerania region, northern Poland, with some 24,000 inhabitants. It has been the capital of Kościerzyna County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999; previously it was in Gdańsk Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998...

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

The gmina covers an area of 310.15 square kilometres (119.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 13,295.

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 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...

 and Wdydze Landscape Park

Wdydze Landscape Park

Wdydze Landscape Park is a protected area in northern Poland, established in 1983, covering an area of ....

.

Villages

Gmina Kościerzyna contains the villages and settlements of Będominek

Bedominek

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

, Czarlina

Czarlina

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

, Czarne Pustkowie

Czarne Pustkowie

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

, Częstkowo

Czestkowo, Koscierzyna County

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

, Dąbrówka

Dabrówka, Gmina Koscierzyna

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

, Dębogóry

Debogóry

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

, Debrzyno

Debrzyno

Dębrzyno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chojnów, within Legnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Dobrogoszcz

Dobrogoszcz, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Fingrowa Huta

Fingrowa Huta

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

, Garczyn

Garczyn, Gmina Koscierzyna

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

, Gołuń, Gościeradz

Goscieradz, Koscierzyna County

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

, Gostomie

Gostomie

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

, Grzybowo

Grzybowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Grzybowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kościerzyna, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Grzybowski Młyn, Juszki

Juszki

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

, Kaliska Kościerskie

Kaliska Koscierskie

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

, Kania

Kania, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Kłobuczyno, Korne

Korne, Koscierzyna County

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

, Kościerska Huta

Koscierska Huta

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

, Kościerzyna-Wybudowanie

Koscierzyna-Wybudowanie

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

, Kruszyna

Kruszyna, Koscierzyna County

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

, Kula Młyn, Lizaki

Lizaki

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

, Loryniec

Loryniec

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

, Łubiana, Ludwikowo

Ludwikowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Małe Stawiska, Mały Klincz, Mały Podleś, Niedamowo

Niedamowo

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

, Nowa Karczma

Nowa Karczma, Gmina Koscierzyna

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

, Nowa Kiszewa

Nowa Kiszewa

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

, Nowa Wieś Kościerska

Nowa Wies Koscierska

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

, Nowy Klincz

Nowy Klincz

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

, Nowy Podleś

Nowy Podles

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

, Owśnice

Owsnice

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

, Owśniczka

Owsniczka

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

, Piekło, Plon

Plon, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Puc

Puc

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

, Rotembark

Rotembark

Rotembark is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kościerzyna, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Kościerzyna and southwest of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Sarnowy

Sarnowy

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

, Skoczkowo

Skoczkowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Skorzewo

Skorzewo

Skorzewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kościerzyna, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Kościerzyna and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. Here was born Rev...

, Smolniki

Smolniki, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Stawiska

Stawiska, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Sycowa Huta

Sycowa Huta

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

, Szenajda

Szenajda

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

, Szludron

Szludron

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

, Wąglikowice

Waglikowice

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

, Wawrzynowo

Wawrzynowo

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

, Wdzydze Kiszewskie

Wdzydze Kiszewskie

Wdzydze Kiszewskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kościerzyna, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Wętfie

Wetfie, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Wielki Klincz

Wielki Klincz

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

, Wielki Podleś

Wielki Podles

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

, Wieprznica

Wieprznica

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

, Wierzysko

Wierzysko

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

, Wygoda

Wygoda, Koscierzyna County

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

, Zabrody

Zabrody, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Zielenin

Zielenin

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

 and Złotowo.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kościerzyna is bordered by the town of Kościerzyna

Koscierzyna

Kościerzyna is a town in Kashubia in Gdańsk Pomerania region, northern Poland, with some 24,000 inhabitants. It has been the capital of Kościerzyna County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999; previously it was in Gdańsk Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998...

 and by the gminas of Dziemiany

Gmina Dziemiany

Gmina Dziemiany is a rural gmina in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Dziemiany, which lies approximately south-west of Kościerzyna and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Karsin

Gmina Karsin

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

, Liniewo

Gmina Liniewo

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

, Lipusz

Gmina Lipusz

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

, Nowa Karczma

Gmina Nowa Karczma

Gmina Nowa Karczma is a rural gmina in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Nowa Karczma, which lies approximately east of Kościerzyna and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Somonino

Gmina Somonino

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

, Stara Kiszewa

Gmina Stara Kiszewa

Gmina Stara Kiszewa is a rural gmina in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Stara Kiszewa, which lies approximately south-east of Kościerzyna and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...

, 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....

 and Sulęczyno

Gmina Suleczyno

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

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