Gmina Cekcyn 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 Tuchola County

Tuchola County

Tuchola 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 only town is Tuchola, which...

, 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 Cekcyn

Cekcyn

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

, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) east of Tuchola

Tuchola

Tuchola is a town in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship in northern Poland. The Pomeranian town, which had a population of 13,976 as of 2004, is located close to the Tuchola Forests about 7t0 km north of Bydgoszcz, and is the seat of Tuchola County...

 and 51 km (32 mi) north of Bydgoszcz.

The gmina covers an area of 253.32 square kilometres (97.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,437.

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...

s of Tuchola Landscape Park

Tuchola Landscape Park

Tuchola Landscape Park is a protected area in north-central Poland, established in 1985, covering an area of in the Tuchola Forests close to the town of Tuchola....

 and Wda Landscape Park

Wda Landscape Park

Wda Landscape Park is a protected area in north-central Poland, established in 1993, covering an area of . It takes its name from the Wda river....

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Villages

Gmina Cekcyn contains the villages and settlements of Bieszewo

Bieszewo

Bieszewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.The village has a population of 50.-References:...

, Błądzim, Błądzim-Dworzec, Brzozie

Brzozie, Tuchola County

Brzozie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Cekcyn, east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Cekcyn

Cekcyn

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

, Cekcynek

Cekcynek

Cekcynek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Cekcyn, east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Dębowiec

Debowiec, Tuchola County

Dębowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Cekcyn, east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Gołąbek, Huta

Huta, Tuchola County

Huta is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Cekcyn, south-east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Iwiec

Iwiec

Iwiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Cekcyn, south-east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Jelenia Góra

Jelenia Góra, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Jelenia Góra is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland....

, Karpaty

Karpaty, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Karpaty is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Cekcyn, south-east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Kiełpiński Most, Knieja

Knieja, Tuchola County

Knieja is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland....

, Kosowo

Kosowo, Tuchola County

Kosowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Cekcyn, south-east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Kowalskie Błota, Kruszka

Kruszka, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Kruszka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Cekcyn, south-east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Krzywogoniec

Krzywogoniec

Krzywogoniec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.The village has a population of 190.-References:...

, Lisiny

Lisiny, Gmina Cekcyn

Lisiny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Cekcyn, east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Łosiny, Lubiewice

Lubiewice, Gmina Cekcyn

Lubiewice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland....

, Lubińsk

Lubinsk

Lubińsk is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Cekcyn, east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Ludwichowo

Ludwichowo, Gmina Cekcyn

Ludwichowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Cekcyn, east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Madera

Madera, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Madera is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland....

, Mała Huta, Małe Budziska, Małe Gacno, Mikołajskie, Nowy Sumin

Nowy Sumin

Nowy Sumin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.The village has a population of 140....

, Okiersk

Okiersk

Okiersk is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Cekcyn, east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Okoninek

Okoninek

Okoninek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland....

, Ostrowo

Ostrowo, Tuchola County

Ostrowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Cekcyn, east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Piła-Młyn, Plaskorz

Plaskorz

Plaskorz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.-References:...

, Pustelnia

Pustelnia, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pustelnia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland....

, Rudzki Młyn, Sarnówek

Sarnówek, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Sarnówek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland....

, Siwe Bagno

Siwe Bagno

Siwe Bagno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland....

, Skrajna

Skrajna

Skrajna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland....

, Sławno, Sowiniec

Sowiniec, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Sowiniec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland....

, Stary Sumin

Stary Sumin

Stary Sumin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Cekcyn, east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Stary Wierzchucin

Stary Wierzchucin

Stary Wierzchucin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.The village has a population of 40....

, Suchom

Suchom

Suchom is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.The village has a population of 30....

, Świt

Swit, Gmina Cekcyn

Świt is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.-References:...

, Szczuczanek

Szczuczanek

Szczuczanek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Cekcyn, east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Szklana Huta

Szklana Huta, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Szklana Huta is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland....

, Trzebciny

Trzebciny

Trzebciny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Cekcyn, east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Wielkie Budziska

Wielkie Budziska

Wielkie Budziska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Cekcyn, east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Wielkie Gacno

Wielkie Gacno

Wielkie Gacno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Cekcyn, east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Wielkie Koralskie Błota, Wierzchlas

Wierzchlas, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Wierzchlas is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland....

, Wierzchucin

Wierzchucin, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Wierzchucin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Cekcyn, east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Wrzosowisko

Wrzosowisko, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Wrzosowisko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Cekcyn, east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Wysoka

Wysoka, Gmina Cekcyn

Wysoka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.The village has a population of 300....

, Zalesie

Zalesie, Tuchola County

Zalesie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Cekcyn, east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Zamarte

Zamarte, Tuchola County

Zamarte is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.The village has a population of 100.-References:...

, Zdroje

Zdroje, Tuchola County

Zdroje is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Cekcyn, east of Tuchola, and north of Bydgoszcz....

 and Zielonka

Zielonka, Gmina Cekcyn

Zielonka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cekcyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.The village has a population of 330.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Cekcyn is bordered by the gminas of Gostycyn

Gmina Gostycyn

Gmina Gostycyn is a rural gmina in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gostycyn, which lies approximately south of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Lniano

Gmina Lniano

Gmina Lniano is a rural gmina in Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Lniano, which lies approximately north-west of Świecie and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Lubiewo

Gmina Lubiewo

Gmina Lubiewo is a rural gmina in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Lubiewo, which lies approximately south-east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Osie

Gmina Osie

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

, Śliwice

Gmina Sliwice

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

 and Tuchola

Gmina Tuchola

Gmina Tuchola is an urban-rural gmina in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuchola, which lies approximately north of Bydgoszcz....

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