Gmina Wejherowo 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 town 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:...

, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.

The gmina covers an area of 194.08 square kilometres (74.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 18,688.

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 Tricity Landscape Park

Tricity Landscape Park

Tricity Landscape Park is a protected area in northern Poland , established in 1979, and covering the area of ....

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Villages

Gmina Wejherowo contains the villages and settlements of Biała, Białasowizna, Bieszkowice

Bieszkowice

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

, Bolszewo

Bolszewo

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

, Borowo

Borowo, Wejherowo County

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

, Burch

Burch, Poland

Burch is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania....

, Cierżnia

Cierznia

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

, Gacyny

Gacyny

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

, Głodówko, Gniewowo

Gniewowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Góra

Góra, Wejherowo County

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

, Gościcino

Goscicino

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

, Gwizdówka

Gwizdówka

Gwizdówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania....

, Kąpino

Kapino

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

, Kniewo

Kniewo

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

, Kotłówka, Krystkowo

Krystkowo

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

, Łężyce, Małe Gowino, Marianowo

Marianowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Miga

Miga, Poland

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

, Młynki, Nowiny

Nowiny, Wejherowo County

Nowiny is a settlement in Chad's pants in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wejherowo and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Nowy Dwór Wejherowski

Nowy Dwór Wejherowski

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

, Orle, Paradyż

Paradyz, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Pętkowice

Petkowice, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Piecewo

Piecewo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Piecewo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wejherowo and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It belongs to the sołectwo of Bieszkowice.-References:...

, Pińskie

Pinskie

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

, Pnie

Pnie, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Polnica

Polnica, Wejherowo County

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

, Prajsów

Prajsów

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

, Prymków

Prymków

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

, Pryśniewo

Prysniewo

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

, Reszki

Reszki, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Rogulewo

Rogulewo

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

, Sopieszyno

Sopieszyno

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

, Sopieszyno-Wybudowanie

Sopieszyno-Wybudowanie

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

, Ustarbowo

Ustarbowo

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

, Warszkowo

Warszkowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Warszkowski Młyn, Wielkie Gowino

Wielkie Gowino

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

, Wosów

Wosów

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

, Wygoda

Wygoda, Wejherowo County

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

, Wyspowo

Wyspowo

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

, Zamostne

Zamostne

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

, Zbychowo

Zbychowo

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

, Zielony Dwór

Zielony Dwór, Wejherowo County

Zielony Dwór is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Wejherowo and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

 and Zybertowo

Zybertowo

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wejherowo is bordered by the towns of Gdynia

Gdynia

Gdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together...

, Reda

Reda, Poland

Reda Pomeranian: Réda) is a town on the river Reda in Kashubia or Eastern Pomerania region, north-western Poland with some 17,000 inhabitants...

, Rumia

Rumia

Rumia is a city in the Eastern Pomerania region of north-western Poland, with some 45,000 inhabitants. It is a part of the Kashubian Tricity and a suburb part of the metropolitan area of the Tricity...

 and 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 by the gminas of Gniewino

Gmina Gniewino

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

, Krokowa

Gmina Krokowa

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

, 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....

, Puck

Gmina Puck

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

 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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