Gmina Świecie 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 Świecie County

Swiecie County

Świecie County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central 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 Świecie,...

, 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 Świecie

Swiecie

Świecie is a town in northern Poland with 25,968 inhabitants , situated in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship ; it was previously in Bydgoszcz Voivodeship . It is the capital of Świecie County.-History:...

, which lies approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) north 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....

 and 45 km (28 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz.

The gmina covers an area of 174.81 square kilometres (67.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 32,866 (out of which the population of Świecie amounts to 25,614, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,252).

Villages

Apart from the town of Świecie, Gmina Świecie contains the villages and settlements of Chrystkowo

Chrystkowo

Chrystkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Świecie, north-east of Bydgoszcz, and north-west of Toruń....

, Czapelki

Czapelki

Czapelki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Świecie, north of Toruń, and north-east of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Czaple

Czaple, Swiecie County

Czaple is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Świecie, north of Toruń, and north-east of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Drozdowo

Drozdowo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Drozdowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Świecie, north-east of Bydgoszcz, and north-west of Toruń.-References:...

, Dworzysko

Dworzysko, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Dworzysko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Świecie, north-east of Bydgoszcz, and north-west of Toruń....

, Dziki

Dziki, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Dziki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland....

, Ernestowo

Ernestowo

Ernestowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland....

, Głogówko Królewskie, Gruczno

Gruczno

Gruczno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Świecie, north-east of Bydgoszcz, and north-west of Toruń....

, Kosowo

Kosowo, Swiecie County

Kosowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Świecie, north-east of Bydgoszcz, and north-west of Toruń....

, Kozłowo, Małe Bedlenki, Marianki

Marianki, Swiecie County

Marianki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Świecie, north-east of Bydgoszcz, and north of Toruń.-References:...

, Morsk

Morsk

Morsk is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland....

, Niedźwiedź

Niedzwiedz, Swiecie County

Niedźwiedź is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Świecie, north-east of Bydgoszcz, and north-west of Toruń....

, Nowe Dobra

Nowe Dobra, Swiecie County

Nowe Dobra is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Świecie, north-east of Bydgoszcz, and north of Toruń....

, Polski Konopat

Polski Konopat

Polski Konopat is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.-References:...

, Przechówko

Przechówko

Przechówko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Świecie, north-east of Bydgoszcz, and north of Toruń.-References:...

, Sartowice

Sartowice

Sartowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Świecie, north of Toruń, and north-east of Bydgoszcz....

, Skarszewo

Skarszewo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Skarszewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.-References:...

, Sulnówko

Sulnówko

Sulnówko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Świecie, north-east of Bydgoszcz, and north of Toruń.-References:...

, Sulnowo

Sulnowo

Sulnowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.-References:...

, Święte

Swiete, Swiecie County

Święte is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.-References:...

, Topolinek

Topolinek, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Topolinek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Świecie, north-east of Bydgoszcz, and north-west of Toruń....

, Wiąg

Wiag

Wiąg is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Świecie, north of Toruń, and north-east of Bydgoszcz....

, Wielki Konopat

Wielki Konopat

Wielki Konopat is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Świecie, north-east of Bydgoszcz, and north of Toruń....

 and Wyrwa

Wyrwa, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Wyrwa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Świecie, north-east of Bydgoszcz, and north of Toruń.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Świecie is bordered by the town of Chełmno and by the gminas of Bukowiec

Gmina Bukowiec

Gmina Bukowiec is a rural gmina in Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bukowiec, which lies approximately west of Świecie and north-east of Bydgoszcz....

, Chełmno, Dragacz

Gmina Dragacz

Gmina Dragacz is a rural gmina in Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Dragacz, which lies approximately north-east of Świecie and north of Toruń....

, Drzycim

Gmina Drzycim

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

, Jeżewo

Gmina Jezewo

Gmina Jeżewo is a rural gmina in Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Jeżewo, which lies approximately north of Świecie, north of Toruń, and north-east of Bydgoszcz....

 and Pruszcz

Gmina Pruszcz

Gmina Pruszcz is a rural gmina in Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Pruszcz, which lies approximately south-west of Świecie and north-east of Bydgoszcz....

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