Gmina Kowale Oleckie 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 Olecko County

Olecko County

Olecko County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland. Its administrative seat and only town is Olecko, which lies east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, or Warmia-Masuria Province , is a voivodeship in northeastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn...

, 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 Kowale Oleckie

Kowale Oleckie

Kowale Oleckie is a village in Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Kowale Oleckie...

, which lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of Olecko

Olecko

Olecko is a town in Masuria, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of Poland, near Ełk and Suwałki. It is situated at the mouth of the Lega river into the Great Olecko Lake on its south-western shore...

 and 133 km (83 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn

Olsztyn

Olsztyn is a city in northeastern Poland, on the Łyna River. Olsztyn has been the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999. It was previously in the Olsztyn Voivodeship...

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The gmina covers an area of 251.61 square kilometres (97.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,371.

Villages

Gmina Kowale Oleckie contains the villages and settlements of Bialskie Pola

Bialskie Pola

Bialskie Pola is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kowale Oleckie, north of Olecko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part...

, Borkowiny

Borkowiny

Borkowiny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kowale Oleckie, north of Olecko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Chełchy, Cicha Wólka

Cicha Wólka

Cicha Wólka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .-References:...

, Czerwony Dwór

Czerwony Dwór, Olecko County

Czerwony Dwór is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Kowale Oleckie, north-west of Olecko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part...

, Czukty

Czukty

Czukty is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Kowale Oleckie, north-west of Olecko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Daniele

Daniele, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Daniele is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Kowale Oleckie, north of Olecko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

, Dorsze

Dorsze, Olecko County

Dorsze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .-References:...

, Drozdowo

Drozdowo, Olecko County

Drozdowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Golubie Wężewskie

Golubie Wezewskie

Golubie Wężewskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Kowale Oleckie, north-west of Olecko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was...

, Golubki

Golubki

Golubki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Kowale Oleckie, north-west of Olecko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Gorczyce

Gorczyce, Olecko County

Gorczyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Kowale Oleckie, north of Olecko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

, Guzy

Guzy, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Guzy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Kowale Oleckie, north-west of Olecko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Jabłonowo, Kiliany

Kiliany

Kiliany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Kowale Oleckie, north-west of Olecko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part...

, Kowale Oleckie

Kowale Oleckie

Kowale Oleckie is a village in Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Kowale Oleckie...

, Lakiele

Lakiele

Lakiele is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .-References:...

, Monety

Monety, Olecko County

Monety is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kowale Oleckie, north of Olecko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Rogówko

Rogówko, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Rogówko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Kowale Oleckie, north of Olecko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

, Sokółki, Stacze

Stacze, Olecko County

Stacze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Stożne

Stozne, Olecko County

Stożne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Kowale Oleckie, north-west of Olecko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Szarejki

Szarejki, Olecko County

Szarejki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Kowale Oleckie, north-west of Olecko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Szeszki

Szeszki, Gmina Kowale Oleckie

Szeszki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Kowale Oleckie, north-west of Olecko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part...

, Szwałk, Wężewo

Wezewo, Olecko County

Wężewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Kowale Oleckie, north-west of Olecko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Zawady Oleckie

Zawady Oleckie

Zawady Oleckie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Kowale Oleckie, north-west of Olecko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area...

 and Żydy

Zydy, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Żydy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kowale Oleckie is bordered by the gminas of Banie Mazurskie

Gmina Banie Mazurskie

Gmina Banie Mazurskie is a rural gmina in Gołdap County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, on the border with Russia...

, Filipów

Gmina Filipów

Gmina Filipów is a rural gmina in Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Filipów, which lies approximately north-west of Suwałki and north of the regional capital Białystok....

, Gołdap, Kruklanki

Gmina Kruklanki

Gmina Kruklanki is a rural gmina in Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Kruklanki, which lies approximately north-east of Giżycko and east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Olecko

Gmina Olecko

Gmina Olecko is an urban-rural gmina in Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Olecko, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

 and Świętajno

Gmina Swietajno, Olecko County

Gmina Świętajno is a rural gmina in Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Świętajno, which lies approximately west of Olecko and east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

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