Gmina Pasym 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 Szczytno County

Szczytno County

Szczytno County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Warmian-Masurian 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 largest town is Szczytno, which lies...

, 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...

. Its seat is the town of Pasym

Pasym

Pasym is a small town in Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,522 inhabitants .-History:A small settlement named Heinrichswalde was first mentioned in 1381...

, which lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) north-west of Szczytno

Szczytno

Szczytno is a town in north-eastern Poland with 27,970 inhabitants . Previously part of the Olsztyn Voivodeship, Szczytno was assigned to the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in 1999. It is the seat of Szczytno County....

 and 25 km (16 mi) south-east 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...

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The gmina covers an area of 149.4 square kilometres (57.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,184 (out of which the population of Pasym amounts to 2,550, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,634).

Villages

Apart from the town of Pasym, Gmina Pasym contains the villages and settlements of Dybowo

Dybowo, Szczytno County

Dybowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pasym, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Pasym, north-west of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Dźwiersztyny

Dzwiersztyny

Dźwiersztyny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pasym, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Pasym, west of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Elganowo

Elganowo

Ełganowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trąbki Wielkie, within Gdańsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Grom

Grom, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Grom is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pasym, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Pasym, north-west of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

, Grzegrzółki, Jurgi

Jurgi, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Jurgi is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pasym, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Pasym, west of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Krzywonoga

Krzywonoga

Krzywonoga is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pasym, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Pasym, north-west of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Leleszki

Leleszki

Leleszki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pasym, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Pasym, north-west of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Łysa Góra, Michałki, Miłuki, Narajty

Narajty

Narajty is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pasym, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Pasym, west of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Otole

Otole

Otole is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Pasym, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Pasym, north-west of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Pasym-Kolonie

Pasym-Kolonie

Pasym-Kolonie is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Pasym, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany ....

, Rudziska Pasymskie

Rudziska Pasymskie

Rudziska Pasymskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pasym, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Pasym, north-west of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Rusek Wielki

Rusek Wielki

Rusek Wielki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pasym, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Pasym, north-west of Szczytno, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Rutki

Rutki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Rutki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pasym, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Pasym, west of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Siedliska

Siedliska, Szczytno County

Siedliska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pasym, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Pasym, north-west of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Słonecznik, Tylkówek

Tylkówek

Tylkówek is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Pasym, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany ....

 and Tylkowo

Tylkowo

Tylkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pasym, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Pasym is bordered by the gminas of Dźwierzuty

Gmina Dzwierzuty

Gmina Dźwierzuty is a rural gmina in Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Dźwierzuty, which lies approximately north of Szczytno and east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Jedwabno

Gmina Jedwabno

Gmina Jedwabno is a rural gmina in Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Jedwabno, which lies approximately west of Szczytno and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Purda

Gmina Purda

Gmina Purda is a rural gmina in Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Purda, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

 and Szczytno

Gmina Szczytno

Gmina Szczytno is a rural gmina in Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Szczytno, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

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