Gmina Chociwel is an urban-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 Stargard County

Stargard County

Stargard 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 and largest town is Stargard...

, 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 town of Chociwel

Chociwel

Chociwel is a town in Poland, in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in Stargard County. It has 3,279 inhabitants .Prior to World War II Chociwel was in Germany and known as Freienwalde. It had a population of 3,406 in 1939. After the death and dislocation associated with the war, its population was...

, which lies approximately 26 kilometres (16 mi) north-east of Stargard Szczeciński

Stargard Szczecinski

Stargard Szczeciński is a city in northwestern Poland, with a population of 71,017 . Situated on the Ina River it is the capital of Stargard County and since 1999 has been in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship; prior to that it was in the Szczecin Voivodeship...

 and 51 km (32 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 160.57 square kilometres (62 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,106 (out of which the population of Chociwel amounts to 3,285, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,821).

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 Ińsko Landscape Park

Insko Landscape Park

Ińsko Landscape Park is a protected area in north-western Poland, established in 1981, covering an area of ....

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Villages

Apart from the town of Chociwel, Gmina Chociwel contains the villages and settlements of Bobrowniki

Bobrowniki, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Bobrowniki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chociwel, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Chociwel, north-east of Stargard Szczeciński, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the...

, Bród

Bród, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Chociwel Wieś

Chociwel Wieś

Chociwel Wieś is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chociwel, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Chociwel, north-east of Stargard Szczeciński, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945...

, Długie

Długie, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Kamienny Most

Kamienny Most, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Kamienny Most is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chociwel, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Chociwel, north-east of Stargard Szczeciński, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area...

, Kamionka

Kamionka, Stargard County

Kamionka is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chociwel, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Chociwel, north-east of Stargard Szczeciński, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area...

, Kania

Kania, Stargard County

Kania is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chociwel, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Chociwel, north-east of Stargard Szczeciński, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was...

, Kania Mała

Kania Mała

Kania Mała is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chociwel, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Chociwel, north-east of Stargard Szczeciński, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the...

, Karkowo

Karkowo, Stargard County

Karkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chociwel, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately west of Chociwel, north-east of Stargard Szczeciński, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was...

, Lisowo

Lisowo, Stargard County

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

, Lublino

Lublino

Lublino is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chociwel, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Chociwel, north-east of Stargard Szczeciński, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was...

, Mokrzyca

Mokrzyca, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Mokrzyca is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chociwel, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Chociwel, north-east of Stargard Szczeciński, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the...

, Oświno

Oświno

Oświno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chociwel, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Chociwel, north-east of Stargard Szczeciński, and east of the regional capital Szczecin, at the Woświn...

, Pieczonka

Pieczonka, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pieczonka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chociwel, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Chociwel, north-east of Stargard Szczeciński, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was...

, Płątkowo

Płątkowo, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Płątkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chociwel, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Chociwel, north-east of Stargard Szczeciński, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was...

, Radomyśl

Radomyśl, Stargard County

Radomyśl is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chociwel, within Stargard 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....

, Sątyrz Drugi

Sątyrz Drugi

Sątyrz Drugi is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chociwel, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Chociwel, north-east of Stargard Szczeciński, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945...

, Sątyrz Pierwszy

Sątyrz Pierwszy

Sątyrz Pierwszy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chociwel, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Chociwel, north-east of Stargard Szczeciński, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area...

, Spławie

Spławie, Stargard County

Spławie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chociwel, within Stargard 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....

, Starzyce

Starzyce, Stargard County

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

, Wieleń Pomorski

Wieleń Pomorski

Wieleń Pomorski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chociwel, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Chociwel, north-east of Stargard Szczeciński, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945...

 and Zabrodzie

Zabrodzie, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Zabrodzie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chociwel, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north of Chociwel, north-east of Stargard Szczeciński, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Chociwel is bordered by the gminas of Dobra, Dobrzany

Gmina Dobrzany

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

, Ińsko

Gmina Insko

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

, Marianowo

Gmina Marianowo

Gmina Marianowo is a rural gmina in Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Marianowo, which lies approximately east of Stargard Szczeciński and east of the regional capital Szczecin.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Maszewo

Gmina Maszewo, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Stara Dąbrowa

Gmina Stara Dabrowa

Gmina Stara Dąbrowa is a rural gmina in Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Stara Dąbrowa, which lies approximately north-east of Stargard Szczeciński and east of the regional capital Szczecin.The gmina covers an area of , and as of...

 and Węgorzyno

Gmina Wegorzyno

Gmina Węgorzyno is an urban-rural gmina in Łobez County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Węgorzyno, which lies approximately south of Łobez and east of the regional capital Szczecin....

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