Gmina Borzytuchom 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 Bytów County

Bytów County

Bytów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern 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 Bytów, which lies west of...

, 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 village of Borzytuchom

Borzytuchom

Borzytuchom is a village in Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Borzytuchom. It lies approximately north-west of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, which lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Bytów

Bytów

Bytów is a town in the Middle Pomerania region of northern Poland in the Bytów Lakeland with 16,888 inhabitants . Previously in Słupsk Voivodeship , it is the capital of Bytów County in Pomeranian Voivodeship .-History:...

 and 85 km (53 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk

Gdansk

Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...

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The gmina covers an area of 108.57 square kilometres (41.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 2,791.

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 Słupia Valley Landscape Park.

Villages

Gmina Borzytuchom contains the villages and settlements of Borzytuchom

Borzytuchom

Borzytuchom is a village in Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Borzytuchom. It lies approximately north-west of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Chotkowo

Chotkowo

Chotkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Borzytuchom, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Borzytuchom, west of Bytów, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Dąbrówka

Dabrówka, Bytów County

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

, Jutrzenka

Jutrzenka, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Kamieńc

Kamienc

Kamieńc is a former settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Borzytuchom, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Borzytuchom, north-west of Bytów, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.-References:...

, Kamienica

Kamienica, Bytów County

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

, Krosnowo

Krosnowo

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

, Niedarzyno

Niedarzyno

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

, Osieki

Osieki, Bytów County

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

, Ryczyn

Ryczyn

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

 and Struszewo

Struszewo

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Borzytuchom is bordered by the gminas of Bytów

Gmina Bytów

Gmina Bytów is an urban-rural gmina in Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Bytów, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Czarna Dąbrówka

Gmina Czarna Dabrówka

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

, Dębnica Kaszubska

Gmina Debnica Kaszubska

Gmina Dębnica Kaszubska is a rural gmina in Słupsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Dębnica Kaszubska, which lies approximately south-east of Słupsk and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Kołczygłowy and Tuchomie

Gmina Tuchomie

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

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