Gmina Widuchowa 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 Gryfino County

Gryfino County

Gryfino County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the German border. 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...

, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

West Pomeranian Voivodeship

West Pomeranian Voivodeship, , is a voivodeship in northwestern Poland. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the southeast, Lubusz Voivodeship to the south, the German federal-state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north...

, in north-western 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...

, on the German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 border. Its seat is the village of Widuchowa

Widuchowa, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Widuchowa is a village in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Widuchowa. It lies approximately south-west of Gryfino and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part...

, which lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south-west of Gryfino

Gryfino

Gryfino is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland with 22,500 inhabitants . It is also the capital of Gryfino County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship , previously in Szczecin Voivodeship ....

 and 35 km (22 mi) south of the regional capital Szczecin

Szczecin

Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....

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The gmina covers an area of 209.63 square kilometres (80.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,562.

The gmina contains parts 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...

s of Cedynia Landscape Park

Cedynia Landscape Park

Cedynia Landscape Park is a protected area in north-western Poland, bordering Germany. It was established on 1 April 1993, by order of the governor of the then Szczecin Voivodeship. The Park covers an area of...

 and Lower Odra Valley Landscape Park

Lower Odra Valley Landscape Park

Lower Odra Valley Landscape Park is a protected area in north-western Poland, on the eastern banks of the river Odra which marks the Polish-German border...

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Villages

Gmina Widuchowa contains the villages and settlements of Bolkowice

Bolkowice, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Bolkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Widuchowa, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border....

, Czarnówko

Czarnówko, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Czarnówko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Widuchowa, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately east of Widuchowa, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945...

, Dębogóra

Debogóra, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Dębogóra is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Widuchowa, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-east of Widuchowa, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before...

, Kiełbice, Kłodowo, Krzywin

Krzywin, Gryfino County

Krzywin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Widuchowa, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south-east of Widuchowa, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before...

, Krzywinek

Krzywinek

Krzywinek is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Widuchowa, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south-east of Widuchowa, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital...

, Lubicz

Lubicz, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Lubicz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Widuchowa, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately east of Widuchowa, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the...

, Lubiczyn

Lubiczyn, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Lubiczyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Widuchowa, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately east of Widuchowa, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the...

, Marwice

Marwice, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Marwice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Widuchowa, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-east of Widuchowa, south-west of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital...

, Ognica

Ognica, Gmina Widuchowa

Ognica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Widuchowa, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border....

, Pacholęta

Pacholeta

Pacholęta is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Widuchowa, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately east of Widuchowa, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945...

, Pąkowo

Pakowo

Pąkowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Widuchowa, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border....

, Polesiny

Polesiny

Polesiny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Widuchowa, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south-east of Widuchowa, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before...

, Radoszki

Radoszki, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Radoszki is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Widuchowa, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border....

, Rynica

Rynica

Rynica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Widuchowa, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south of Widuchowa, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the...

, Tarnogórki

Tarnogórki

Tarnogórki is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Widuchowa, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately east of Widuchowa, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before...

, Widuchowa

Widuchowa, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Widuchowa is a village in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Widuchowa. It lies approximately south-west of Gryfino and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part...

, Widuchówko

Widuchówko

Widuchówko is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Widuchowa, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border....

, Wilcze

Wilcze, Gmina Widuchowa

Wilcze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Widuchowa, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border....

, Żarczyn

Zarczyn, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Żarczyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Widuchowa, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south-east of Widuchowa, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before...

 and Żelechowo

Zelechowo

Żelechowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Widuchowa, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south-east of Widuchowa, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Widuchowa is bordered by the gminas of Banie

Gmina Banie

Gmina Banie is a rural gmina in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Banie, which lies approximately south-east of Gryfino and south of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Chojna

Gmina Chojna

Gmina Chojna is an urban-rural gmina in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, on the German border...

 and Gryfino

Gmina Gryfino

Gmina Gryfino is an urban-rural gmina in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, on the German border...

. It also borders Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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