Gmina Karsin 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 Kościerzyna County

Koscierzyna County

Kościerzyna 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 only town is Kościerzyna, 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 village of Karsin

Karsin

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

, which lies approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) south of Kościerzyna

Koscierzyna

Kościerzyna is a town in Kashubia in Gdańsk Pomerania region, northern Poland, with some 24,000 inhabitants. It has been the capital of Kościerzyna County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999; previously it was in Gdańsk Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998...

 and 69 km (43 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...

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The gmina covers an area of 169.2 square kilometres (65.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,905.

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 Wdydze Landscape Park

Wdydze Landscape Park

Wdydze Landscape Park is a protected area in northern Poland, established in 1983, covering an area of ....

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Villages

Gmina Karsin contains the villages and settlements of Abisynia

Abisynia, Koscierzyna County

Abisynia is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Karsin, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Karsin, south-west of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.For details of the history of the...

, Bąk

Bak, Gmina Karsin

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

, Białe Błoto, Borsk

Borsk

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

, Cisewie

Cisewie

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

, Dąbrowa

Dabrowa, Koscierzyna County

Dąbrowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Karsin, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Karsin, south of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Dębowiec

Debowiec, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Dębowiec is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Karsin, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Karsin, south of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Górki

Górki, Koscierzyna County

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

, Jasnochówka

Jasnochówka

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

, Joniny Małe, Joniny Wielkie

Joniny Wielkie

Joniny Wielkie is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Karsin, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Karsin, south-west of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.For details of the history...

, Karsin

Karsin

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

, Kliczkowy

Kliczkowy

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

, Knieja

Knieja, Koscierzyna County

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

, Lipa

Lipa, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Malary

Malary, Koscierzyna County

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

, Miedzno

Miedzno, Koscierzyna County

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

, Mniszek

Mniszek, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Osowo

Osowo, Koscierzyna County

Osowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Karsin, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Karsin, south of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Piątkowo

Piatkowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Piątkowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Karsin, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Karsin, south-west of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Podrąbiona

Podrabiona

Podrąbiona is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Karsin, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Karsin, south of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.For details of the history of the...

, Popia Góra

Popia Góra

Popia Góra is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Karsin, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Karsin, south of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.For details of the history of the...

, Przydół, Przytarnia

Przytarnia

Przytarnia , is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Karsin, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Robaczkowo

Robaczkowo

Robaczkowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Karsin, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Karsin, south-west of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.For details of the history of...

, Rogalewo

Rogalewo

Rogalewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Karsin, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Karsin, south-west of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Wdzydze Tucholskie

Wdzydze Tucholskie

Wdzydze Tucholskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Karsin, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Wiele

Wiele, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Wiele is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Karsin, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Karsin, south of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk The Village is in the Zabor Land, a southern...

, Zabrody

Zabrody, Gmina Karsin

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

, Zamość

Zamosc, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Zamość is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Karsin, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Karsin, south of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

 and Żebrowo

Zebrowo

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Karsin 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....

, Czersk

Gmina Czersk

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

, Dziemiany

Gmina Dziemiany

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

, Kościerzyna

Gmina Koscierzyna

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

 and 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...

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