Gmina Solec Kujawski 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 Bydgoszcz County

Bydgoszcz County

Bydgoszcz County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Bydgoszcz, although...

, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

-Transportation:Transportation infrastructure is of critical importance to the voivodeship's economy. Kuyavia-Pomerania is a major node point in the Polish transportation system. Railway lines from the South and East pass through Bydgoszcz in order to reach the major ports on the Baltic Sea...

, in north-central 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 Solec Kujawski

Solec Kujawski

Solec Kujawski is a town with 15,505 inhabitants and an area of 176 km², situated 14 kilometres southeast of Bydgoszcz in Poland at . Solec Kujawski belongs to the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship...

, which lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) east of Bydgoszcz and 27 km (17 mi) west of Toruń

Torun

Toruń is an ancient city in northern Poland, on the Vistula River. Its population is more than 205,934 as of June 2009. Toruń is one of the oldest cities in Poland. The medieval old town of Toruń is the birthplace of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus....

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The gmina covers an area of 175.35 square kilometres (67.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 16,067 (out of which the population of Solec Kujawski amounts to 15,060, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 1,007).

Villages

Apart from the town of Solec Kujawski, Gmina Solec Kujawski contains the villages and settlements of Chrośna

Chrosna

Chrośna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Solec Kujawski, within Bydgoszcz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.-References:...

, Makowiska

Makowiska, Bydgoszcz County

Makowiska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Solec Kujawski, within Bydgoszcz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.-References:...

, Otorowo

Otorowo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Otorowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Solec Kujawski, within Bydgoszcz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies west of Solec Kujawski, east of Bydgoszcz, and west of Toruń....

 and Przyłubie.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Solec Kujawski is bordered by the city of Bydgoszcz and by the gminas of Nowa Wieś Wielka

Gmina Nowa Wies Wielka

Gmina Nowa Wieś Wielka is a rural gmina in Bydgoszcz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland...

, Rojewo

Gmina Rojewo

Gmina Rojewo is a rural gmina in Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rojewo, which lies approximately north of Inowrocław, south-west of Toruń, and south-east of Bydgoszcz.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Wielka Nieszawka

Gmina Wielka Nieszawka

Gmina Wielka Nieszawka is a rural gmina in Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Wielka Nieszawka, which lies approximately south-west of Toruń....

 and Zławieś Wielka.