Gmina Gościno 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 Kołobrzeg County, 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 Gościno

Goscino

Gościno is a small town in Kołobrzeg County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Gościno...

, which lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) south-east of Kołobrzeg and 100 km (62 mi) north-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....

.

The gmina covers an area of 116.04 square kilometres (44.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population was 5,136. Before 2011 it was classed as a rural gmina, becoming urban-rural on 1 January 2011 when Gościno became a town.

Villages

Apart from the town of Gościno

Goscino

Gościno is a small town in Kołobrzeg County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Gościno...

, the gmina contains the villages and settlements of Dargocice

Dargocice

Dargocice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gościno, within Kołobrzeg County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Kołobrzeg and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Gościno-Dwór

Goscino-Dwór

Gościno-Dwór is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gościno, within Kołobrzeg County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kołobrzeg and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Jarogniew

Jarogniew, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Jarogniew is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Gościno, within Kołobrzeg 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....

, Jeziorki, Kamica

Kamica

Kamica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gościno, within Kołobrzeg County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Kołobrzeg and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

, Karkowo, Lubkowice

Lubkowice

Lubkowice is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Gościno, within Kołobrzeg County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kołobrzeg and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Mołtowo, Myślino

Myslino

Myślino is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gościno, within Kołobrzeg County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kołobrzeg and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Ołużna, Pławęcino, Pobłocie Małe, Ramlewo

Ramlewo

Ramlewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gościno, within Kołobrzeg County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kołobrzeg and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Robuń

Robun

Robuń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gościno, within Kołobrzeg County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kołobrzeg and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Sikorzyce

Sikorzyce, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Sikorzyce is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Gościno, within Kołobrzeg 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....

, Skronie

Skronie

Skronie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gościno, within Kołobrzeg County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kołobrzeg and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. For the...

, Wartkowo

Wartkowo

Wartkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gościno, within Kołobrzeg County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Kołobrzeg and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Wierzbka Dolna

Wierzbka Dolna

Wierzbka Dolna is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Gościno, within Kołobrzeg 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....

, Wierzbka Górna

Wierzbka Górna

Wierzbka Górna is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Gościno, within Kołobrzeg County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Gościno, south of Kołobrzeg, and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was...

 and Ząbrowo.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Gościno is bordered by the gminas of Dygowo

Gmina Dygowo

Gmina Dygowo is a rural gmina in Kołobrzeg County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Dygowo, which lies approximately east of Kołobrzeg and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Karlino

Gmina Karlino

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

, Kołobrzeg, Rymań

Gmina Ryman

Gmina Rymań is a rural gmina in Kołobrzeg County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Rymań, which lies approximately south of Kołobrzeg and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Siemyśl

Gmina Siemysl

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

 and Sławoborze.

German names

Some places (administrative units called in Polish

Polish language

Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...

 ′Sołectwa′) in and near the district are listed below with their German names (in brackets):

• Dargocice (Eickstedtswalde)
• Karkowo (Karkow)
• Mołtowo (Moltow)
• Myślino (Moitzlin)
• Ołużna (Seefeld)
• Pławęcino (Plauenthin)
• Pobłocie Małe (Klein Pobloth)
• Ramlewo (Ramelow)
• Robuń (Rabuhn)
• Wartkowo (Wartekow)
• Ząbrowo (Semmerow)

Other localities:

• Gościno-Dwór (Groß Jestin-Gut)
• Jarogniew (Karlshof)
• Jeziorki (Seehof)
• Kamica (Kämitz)
• Lubkowice (Johannisberg)
• Sikorzyce (Meisegau)
• Skronie (Krühne)
• Wierzbka Dolna (Groß Vorbeck)
• Wierzbka Górna (Klein Vorbeck).

Neighboring localities:

• Dygowo (Degow)
• Kołobrzeg (Kolberg)
• Rymań (Roman)
• Siemyśl (Simötzel) in Powiat Kołobrzeski,
• Karlino (Körlin) in Powiat Białogardzki (Kreis Belgard (Persante))
• Sławoborze (Stolzenberg) in Powiat Świdwiński (Kreis Schivelbein)