Gmina Ryjewo 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 Kwidzyn County

Kwidzyn County

Kwidzyn 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 largest town is Kwidzyn, which lies south...

, 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 Ryjewo

Ryjewo

Ryjewo is a village in Kwidzyn County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Ryjewo. It lies approximately north of Kwidzyn and south of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of Kwidzyn

Kwidzyn

Kwidzyn is a town in northern Poland on the Liwa river, with 40,008 inhabitants . It has been a part of the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, and was previously in the Elbląg Voivodeship . It is the capital of Kwidzyn County.-History:...

 and 62 km (39 mi) south 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 103.28 square kilometres (39.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,708.

Villages

Gmina Ryjewo contains the villages and settlements of Barcice

Barcice, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Benowo

Benowo

Benowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ryjewo, within Kwidzyn County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Ryjewo, north of Kwidzyn, and south of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Benowo-Wrzosy

Benowo-Wrzosy

Benowo-Wrzosy is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ryjewo, within Kwidzyn County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Ryjewo, north of Kwidzyn, and south of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Borowy Młyn, Chojno, Czarne Błoto, Jałowiec, Jarzębina

Jarzebina, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Klecewko

Klecewko

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

, Kuliki

Kuliki, Kwidzyn County

Kuliki is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ryjewo, within Kwidzyn County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania....

, Mątki

Matki, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Mątowskie Pastwiska

Matowskie Pastwiska

Mątowskie Pastwiska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ryjewo, within Kwidzyn County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Ryjewo, north of Kwidzyn, and south of the regional capital Gdańsk.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

, Pańskie Łąki, Pułkowice, Rudniki

Rudniki, Kwidzyn County

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

, Ryjewo

Ryjewo

Ryjewo is a village in Kwidzyn County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Ryjewo. It lies approximately north of Kwidzyn and south of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Sołtyski, Straszewo

Straszewo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Szadówko

Szadówko

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

, Szkaradowo Szlacheckie

Szkaradowo Szlacheckie

Szkaradowo Szlacheckie is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ryjewo, within Kwidzyn County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania....

, Szkaradowo Wielkie

Szkaradowo Wielkie

Szkaradowo Wielkie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ryjewo, within Kwidzyn County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Ryjewo, north of Kwidzyn, and south of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Tralewo

Tralewo, Kwidzyn County

Tralewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ryjewo, within Kwidzyn County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Ryjewo, north of Kwidzyn, and south of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Trzciano, Watkowice

Watkowice

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

, Watkowice Małe and Wiszary

Wiszary

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Ryjewo is bordered by the gminas of Gniew

Gmina Gniew

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

, Kwidzyn

Gmina Kwidzyn

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

, Mikołajki Pomorskie, Prabuty

Gmina Prabuty

Gmina Prabuty is an urban-rural gmina in Kwidzyn County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Prabuty, which lies approximately east of Kwidzyn and south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk....

 and Sztum

Gmina Sztum

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

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