Gmina Wierzchowo 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 Drawsko County

Drawsko County

Drawsko County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the town of Drawsko Pomorskie,...

, 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...

. Its seat is the village of Wierzchowo

Wierzchowo, Drawsko County

Wierzchowo is a village in Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Wierzchowo. It lies approximately east of Drawsko Pomorskie and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

, which lies approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) east of Drawsko Pomorskie

Drawsko Pomorskie

Drawsko Pomorskie is a town in Drawsko County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland, with 17,440 inhabitants. Originally inhabited by Slavs, the settlement was colonized by Germans during the Middle Ages...

 and 101 km (63 mi) east 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 229.25 square kilometres (88.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,489.

Villages

Gmina Wierzchowo contains the villages and settlements of Będlino

Bedlino

Będlino is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchowo, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wierzchowo, south-east of Drawsko Pomorskie, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area...

, Bonin

Bonin, Drawsko County

Bonin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchowo, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wierzchowo, east of Drawsko Pomorskie, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part...

, Danowice

Danowice

Danowice is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchowo, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Wierzchowo, east of Drawsko Pomorskie, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part...

, Dębniewice

Debniewice

Dębniewice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchowo, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Wierzchowo, east of Drawsko Pomorskie, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part...

, Garbowo

Garbowo, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Garbowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchowo, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania....

, Knowie

Knowie

Knowie is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchowo, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Wierzchowo, east of Drawsko Pomorskie, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Króle

Króle, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Króle is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchowo, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Wierzchowo, east of Drawsko Pomorskie, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Nowe Laski

Nowe Laski

Nowe Laski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchowo, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wierzchowo, south-east of Drawsko Pomorskie, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the...

, Osiek Drawski

Osiek Drawski

Osiek Drawski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchowo, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wierzchowo, east of Drawsko Pomorskie, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area...

, Otrzep

Otrzep

Otrzep is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchowo, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wierzchowo, south-east of Drawsko Pomorskie, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area...

, Radomyśl

Radomysl, Drawsko County

Radomyśl is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchowo, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately west of Wierzchowo, south-east of Drawsko Pomorskie, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was...

, Sośnica

Sosnica, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Sośnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchowo, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wierzchowo, south-east of Drawsko Pomorskie, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area...

, Świerczyna

Swierczyna, Drawsko County

Świerczyna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchowo, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Wierzchowo, east of Drawsko Pomorskie, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part...

, Wielboki

Wielboki

Wielboki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchowo, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Wierzchowo, east of Drawsko Pomorskie, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Wierzchówko

Wierzchówko

Wierzchówko is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchowo, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Wierzchowo, east of Drawsko Pomorskie, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was...

, Wierzchowo

Wierzchowo, Drawsko County

Wierzchowo is a village in Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Wierzchowo. It lies approximately east of Drawsko Pomorskie and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

, Żabin

Zabin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Żabin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchowo, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Wierzchowo, south-east of Drawsko Pomorskie, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was...

, Żabinek

Zabinek

Żabinek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchowo, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Wierzchowo, south-east of Drawsko Pomorskie, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area...

 and Żeńsko

Zensko, Drawsko County

Żeńsko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wierzchowo, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Wierzchowo, south-east of Drawsko Pomorskie, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wierzchowo is bordered by the gminas of Czaplinek

Gmina Czaplinek

Gmina Czaplinek is an urban-rural gmina in Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Czaplinek, which lies approximately east of Drawsko Pomorskie and east of the regional capital Szczecin.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Kalisz Pomorski

Gmina Kalisz Pomorski

Gmina Kalisz Pomorski is an urban-rural gmina in Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland...

, Mirosławiec, Wałcz

Gmina Wałcz

Gmina Wałcz is a rural gmina in Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Wałcz, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

 and Złocieniec.

Sources

• Polish official population figures 2006