Gmina Czersk 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 Chojnice County

Chojnice County

Chojnice 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 Chojnice, which lies ...

, 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 town of Czersk

Czersk

Czersk is a town in northern Poland in Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship.On July 1, 2006 this municipality celebrated 80 years of granting this community the status of city....

, which lies approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Chojnice

Chojnice

Chojnice is a town in northern Poland with 39 670 inhabitants , near famous Tuchola Forest, Lake Charzykowskie and many other water reservoirs. It is the capital of the Chojnice County....

 and 77 km (48 mi) south-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...

.

The gmina covers an area of 379.85 square kilometres (146.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 20,548 (out of which the population of Czersk amounts to 9,463, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,085).

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 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....

.

Villages

Apart from the town of Czersk, Gmina Czersk contains the villages and settlements of Badzianko

Badzianko

Badzianko is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Czersk, north-east of Chojnice, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Bagna

Bagna, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Bagna is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.The settlement has a population of 22....

, Będźmierowice

Bedzmierowice

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

, Bielawy

Bielawy, Chojnice County

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

, Błoto, Brda

Brda, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Budziska

Budziska, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Budziska is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Czersk, north-east of Chojnice, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Bukowa Góra

Bukowa Góra, Chojnice County

Bukowa Góra is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.The settlement has a population of 55....

, Cegielnia

Cegielnia, Chojnice County

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

, Czerska Struga

Czerska Struga

Czerska Struga is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Dąbki

Dabki, Chojnice County

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

, Duża Klonia

Duza Klonia

Duża Klonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.The village has a population of 25....

, Duże Wędoły, Gartki

Gartki

Gartki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.The village has a population of 7....

, Gotelp

Gotelp

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

, Gutowiec

Gutowiec

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

, Jeziórko

Jeziórko, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Jeziórko is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.The settlement has a population of 4....

, Kaliska

Kaliska, Chojnice County

Kaliska is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania....

, Kameron

Kameron

Kameron is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Czersk, east of Chojnice, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Kamionka

Kamionka, Chojnice County

Kamionka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.The village has a population of 132....

, Karolewo

Karolewo, Chojnice County

Karolewo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.The settlement has a population of 15....

, Kęsza

Kesza

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

, Klaskawa

Klaskawa

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

, Kłodnia, Klonowice

Klonowice

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

, Konewki

Konewki

Konewki is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.The settlement has a population of 5....

, Konigort

Konigort

Konigort is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Czersk, north-east of Chojnice, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Konigórtek

Konigórtek

Konigórtek is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania....

, Koślinka

Koslinka, Chojnice County

Koślinka is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Czersk, east of Chojnice, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Kosowa Niwa

Kosowa Niwa

Kosowa Niwa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Czersk, east of Chojnice, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Koszary

Koszary, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Krzyż

Krzyz, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Kurcze

Kurcze

Kurcze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Czersk, east of Chojnice, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The village has a population of 103.-References:...

, Kurkowo

Kurkowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Kwieki

Kwieki

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

, Łąg, Łąg-Kolonia, Lipki

Lipki, Chojnice County

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

, Listewka, Łubna, Łukowo, Lutom

Lutom, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Lutomski Most

Lutomski Most

Lutomski Most is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania....

, Mała Klonia, Malachin

Malachin

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

, Małe Wędoły, Młynki, Modrzejewo

Modrzejewo, Chojnice County

Modrzejewo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania....

, Mokre

Mokre, Chojnice County

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

, Mosna, Nieżurawa

Niezurawa

Nieżurawa is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.The settlement has a population of 39....

, Nowa Juńcza

Nowa Juncza

Nowa Juńcza is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Czersk, north-east of Chojnice, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Nowe Prusy

Nowe Prusy

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

, Nowy Młyn, Odry

Odry, Poland

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

, Olszyny

Olszyny, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Ostrowite

Ostrowite, Gmina Czersk

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

, Ostrowy

Ostrowy, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Ostrowy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania....

, Płecno, Pod Łąg, Pod Łubnę, Polana

Polana, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Polana is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.The village has a population of 1....

, Przyjaźnia

Przyjaznia

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

, Pustki

Pustki, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Rówki

Rówki

Rówki is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Czersk, north-east of Chojnice, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Rytel

Rytel

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

, Rytel-Zarzecze

Rytel-Zarzecze

Rytel-Zarzecze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Czersk, east of Chojnice, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Sienica

Sienica, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Sienica is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Czersk, north-east of Chojnice, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Stara Juńcza

Stara Juncza

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

, Stare Prusy

Stare Prusy, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Stodółki, Struga

Struga, Chojnice County

Struga is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Czersk, east of Chojnice, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Suszek

Suszek

Suszek is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.The settlement has a population of 40....

, Szałamaje, Szary Kierz

Szary Kierz

Szary Kierz is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Czersk, east of Chojnice, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Szyszkowiec

Szyszkowiec, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Szyszkowiec is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.The settlement has a population of 78....

, Twarożnica

Twaroznica

Twarożnica is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.The settlement has a population of 11....

, Uboga

Uboga

Uboga is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.The settlement has a population of 6....

, Uroża

Uroza

Uroża is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.The settlement has a population of 7....

, Ustronie

Ustronie, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Ustronie is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.The settlement has a population of 77....

, Wądoły-Łąg, Wandowo

Wandowo, Chojnice County

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

, Wędowo

Wedowo

Wędowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania....

, Wieck, Wojtal

Wojtal

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

, Zapędowo

Zapedowo

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

, Zapora

Zapora, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Zapora is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Zawada

Zawada, Chojnice County

Zawada is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.The village has a population of 58....

, Złe Mięso, Złotowo and Żukowo

Zukowo, Chojnice County

Żukowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Czersk, east of Chojnice, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Czersk is bordered by the gminas of Brusy

Gmina Brusy

Gmina Brusy is an urban-rural gmina in Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Brusy, which lies approximately north-east of Chojnice and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Chojnice

Gmina Chojnice

Gmina Chojnice is a rural gmina in Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Chojnice, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Kaliska

Gmina Kaliska

Gmina Kaliska is a rural gmina in Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Kaliska, which lies approximately west of Starogard Gdański and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Karsin

Gmina Karsin

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

, Osieczna

Gmina Osieczna, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, 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....

, Stara Kiszewa

Gmina Stara Kiszewa

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

 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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