Gmina Lelkowo 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 Braniewo County

Braniewo County

Braniewo County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the border with Russia. 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...

, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, or Warmia-Masuria Province , is a voivodeship in northeastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn...

, 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...

, on the border with Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. Its seat is the village of Lelkowo

Lelkowo

Lelkowo is a village in Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Lelkowo...

, which lies approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) east of Braniewo

Braniewo

Braniewo is a town in northeastern Poland, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, with a population of 18,068 . It is the capital of Braniewo County...

 and 64 km (40 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn

Olsztyn

Olsztyn is a city in northeastern Poland, on the Łyna River. Olsztyn has been the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999. It was previously in the Olsztyn Voivodeship...

.

The gmina covers an area of 197.96 square kilometres (76.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,066.

Villages

Gmina Lelkowo contains the villages and settlements of Bartki

Bartki, Braniewo County

Bartki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia...

, Bieńkowo

Bienkowo

Bieńkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It lies approximately east of Braniewo and north of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before...

, Dębowiec

Debowiec, Braniewo County

Dębowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It lies approximately south of Lelkowo, east of Braniewo, and north of the regional...

, Giedawy

Giedawy

Giedawy is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia....

, Głębock, Grabowiec

Grabowiec, Braniewo County

Grabowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It lies approximately north of Lelkowo, east of Braniewo, and north of the regional...

, Jachowo

Jachowo

Jachowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia...

, Jarzeń

Jarzen

Jarzeń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It lies approximately east of Braniewo and north of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945...

, Jarzeński Młyn, Kildajny

Kildajny

Kildajny is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It lies approximately east of Braniewo and north of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before...

, Krzekoty

Krzekoty

Krzekoty is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia...

, Kwiatkowo

Kwiatkowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Kwiatkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia...

, Lelkowo

Lelkowo

Lelkowo is a village in Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Lelkowo...

, Lutkowo

Lutkowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Lutkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It lies approximately east of Braniewo and north of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945...

, Mędrzyki

Medrzyki

Mędrzyki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia...

, Miłaki, Młyniec, Nałaby, Perwilty

Perwilty

Perwilty is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia....

, Piele

Piele

Piele is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia...

, Przebędowo

Przebedowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Przebędowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia...

, Słup, Sówki

Sówki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Sówki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It lies approximately east of Braniewo and north of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945...

, Szarki

Szarki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Szarki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia...

, Wilknicki Młyn, Wilknity

Wilknity

Wilknity is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It lies approximately south-east of Braniewo and north of the regional capital...

, Wola Wilknicka

Wola Wilknicka

Wola Wilknicka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia...

, Wołowo, Wyszkowo

Wyszkowo, Poland

Wyszkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It lies approximately east of Braniewo and north of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before...

, Zagaje

Zagaje, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Zagaje is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia...

 and Zdrój

Zdrój, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Zdrój is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It lies approximately south of Lelkowo, east of Braniewo, and north of the regional...

.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Lelkowo is bordered by the gminas of Braniewo

Gmina Braniewo

Gmina Braniewo is a rural gmina in Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, on the border with Russia...

, Górowo Iławeckie and Pieniężno

Gmina Pieniezno

Gmina Pieniężno is an urban-rural gmina in Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Pieniężno, which lies approximately south-east of Braniewo and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

. It also borders Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast

Kaliningrad Oblast

Kaliningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia situated on the Baltic coast. It has a population of The oblast forms the westernmost part of the Russian Federation, but it has no land connection to the rest of Russia. Since its creation it has been an exclave of the Russian SFSR and then the...

).