Gmina Brzozie 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 Brodnica County

Brodnica County

Brodnica 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 Brodnica,...

, 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 village of Brzozie

Brzozie, Brodnica County

Brzozie is a village in Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Brzozie. It lies approximately north-east of Brodnica and north-east of Toruń....

, which lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) north-east of Brodnica

Brodnica

Brodnica is a town in northern Poland with 27,400 inhabitants . Previously part of Toruń Voivodeship [a province], from 1975 to 1998, Brodnica has been situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999...

 and 73 km (45 mi) north-east 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....

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The gmina covers an area of 93.74 square kilometres (36.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,589.

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 Górzno-Lidzbark Landscape Park

Górzno-Lidzbark Landscape Park

Górzno-Lidzbark Landscape Park is a protected area in north-central Poland, established in 1990, covering an area of ....

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Villages

Gmina Brzozie contains the villages and settlements of Brzozie

Brzozie, Brodnica County

Brzozie is a village in Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Brzozie. It lies approximately north-east of Brodnica and north-east of Toruń....

, Jajkowo

Jajkowo

Jajkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzozie, within Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Brzozie, north-east of Brodnica, and north-east of Toruń....

, Janówko

Janówko, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Małe Leźno, Mały Głęboczek, Sugajno

Sugajno

Sugajno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzozie, within Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies north-east of Brodnica and north-east of Toruń.-References:...

, Świecie

Swiecie, Brodnica County

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

, Trepki

Trepki

Trepki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzozie, within Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies east of Brodnica and north-east of Toruń.-References:...

, Wielki Głęboczek, Wielkie Leźno

Wielkie Lezno

Wielkie Leźno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzozie, within Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.-References:...

 and Zembrze

Zembrze

Zembrze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzozie, within Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies east of Brodnica and north-east of Toruń.The village has a population of 380.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Brzozie is bordered by the gminas of Bartniczka

Gmina Bartniczka

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

, Brodnica

Gmina Brodnica, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Gmina Brodnica is a rural gmina in Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Brodnica, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Grodziczno

Gmina Grodziczno

Gmina Grodziczno is a rural gmina in Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Grodziczno, which lies approximately east of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...

, Kurzętnik

Gmina Kurzetnik

Gmina Kurzętnik is a rural gmina in Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Kurzętnik, which lies approximately south of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...

, Lidzbark

Gmina Lidzbark

Gmina Lidzbark is an urban-rural gmina in Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Lidzbark, which lies approximately west of Działdowo and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn...

 and Zbiczno

Gmina Zbiczno

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

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