Gmina Linia 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 Wejherowo County

Wejherowo County

Wejherowo County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Baltic coast. 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...

, 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 village of Linia

Linia, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Linia is a village in Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Linia. It lies approximately south-west of Wejherowo and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, which lies approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) south-west of Wejherowo

Wejherowo

Wejherowo is a town in Gdańsk Pomerania, northern Poland, with 47,435 inhabitants . It has been the capital of Wejherowo County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999; previously, it was a town in Gdańsk Voivodeship .-History:...

 and 47 km (29 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk

Gdansk

Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...

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The gmina covers an area of 119.82 square kilometres (46.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,785.

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 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...

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Villages

Gmina Linia contains the villages and settlements of Dargolewo

Dargolewo

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

, Głodnica, Igrzeczna

Igrzeczna

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

, Kętrzyno

Ketrzyno

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

, Kobylasz

Kobylasz

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

, Leobór

Leobór

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

, Lewinko

Lewinko

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

, Lewino

Lewino

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

, Linia

Linia, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Linia is a village in Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Linia. It lies approximately south-west of Wejherowo and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Miłoszewo, Niedźwiadek

Niedzwiadek, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Niepoczołowice, Niepoczołowice-Folwark, Osiek

Osiek, Wejherowo County

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

, Pobłocie, Potęgowo

Potegowo, Wejherowo County

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

, Smażyno

Smazyno

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

, Strzepcz

Strzepcz

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

, Tłuczewo and Zakrzewo

Zakrzewo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Linia is bordered by the gminas of Cewice

Gmina Cewice

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

, Kartuzy

Gmina Kartuzy

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

, Łęczyce, Luzino

Gmina Luzino

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

, Sierakowice

Gmina Sierakowice

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

 and Szemud

Gmina Szemud

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

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