Gmina Kurzętnik 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 Nowe Miasto County

Nowe Miasto County

Nowe Miasto County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998...

, 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 Kurzętnik

Kurzetnik

Kurzętnik is a village in Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Kurzętnik. It lies approximately south of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.The village has a population of...

, which lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie

Nowe Miasto Lubawskie

Nowe Miasto Lubawskie is a town in Poland, situated at river Drwęca. The population is 11,104 . Nowe Miasto Lubawskie is the capital of Nowe Miasto County and was assigned to the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in 1999.- History :...

 and 75 km (47 mi) south-west 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 149.86 square kilometres (57.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,646.

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 Brodnica Landscape Park

Brodnica Landscape Park

Brodnica Landscape Park is a protected area in north-central Poland, established in 1985, covering an area of ....

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Villages

Gmina Kurzętnik contains the villages and settlements of Bratuszewo

Bratuszewo

Bratuszewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kurzętnik, within Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Brzozie Lubawskie

Brzozie Lubawskie

Brzozie Lubawskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kurzętnik, within Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.-References:...

, Kąciki

Kaciki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Kąciki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kurzętnik, within Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Kurzętnik, south-west of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.-References:...

, Kacze Bagno

Kacze Bagno

Kacze Bagno is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kurzętnik, within Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland....

, Kamionka

Kamionka, Nowe Miasto County

Kamionka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kurzętnik, within Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Kurzętnik, west of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.-References:...

, Krzemieniewo

Krzemieniewo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Krzemieniewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kurzętnik, within Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kurzętnik, east of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.-References:...

, Kurzętnik

Kurzetnik

Kurzętnik is a village in Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Kurzętnik. It lies approximately south of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.The village has a population of...

, Lipowiec

Lipowiec, Nowe Miasto County

Lipowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kurzętnik, within Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland....

, Małe Bałówki, Marzęcice

Marzecice, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Marzęcice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kurzętnik, within Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Kurzętnik, north-west of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.-References:...

, Mikołajki, Nielbark

Nielbark

Nielbark is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kurzętnik, within Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Kurzętnik, west of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.-References:...

, Ostrówki

Ostrówki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Ostrówki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kurzętnik, within Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland....

, Otręba

Otreba

Otręba is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kurzętnik, within Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Rygiel

Rygiel, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Rygiel is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kurzętnik, within Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland....

, Sugajenko

Sugajenko

Sugajenko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kurzętnik, within Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland....

, Szafarnia

Szafarnia, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Szafarnia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kurzętnik, within Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Kurzętnik, south-west of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.-References:...

, Tereszewo

Tereszewo

Tereszewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kurzętnik, within Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Tomaszewo

Tomaszewo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Tomaszewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kurzętnik, within Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Kurzętnik, west of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.-References:...

, Wawrowice

Wawrowice, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Wawrowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kurzętnik, within Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Kurzętnik, north-west of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.-References:...

 and Wielkie Bałówki.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kurzętnik is bordered by the gminas of Biskupiec

Gmina Biskupiec, Nowe Miasto County

Gmina Biskupiec is a rural gmina in Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Biskupiec, which lies approximately north-west of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006...

, Brzozie

Gmina Brzozie

Gmina Brzozie is a rural gmina in Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Brzozie, which lies approximately north-east of Brodnica and north-east of Toruń....

, Grodziczno

Gmina Grodziczno

Gmina Grodziczno is a rural gmina in Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Grodziczno, which lies approximately east of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...

, Nowe Miasto Lubawskie

Gmina Nowe Miasto Lubawskie

Gmina Nowe Miasto Lubawskie is a rural gmina in Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Mszanowo, which lies approximately north-east of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.The gmina covers an area of , and...

 and Zbiczno

Gmina Zbiczno

Gmina Zbiczno is a rural gmina in Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Zbiczno, which lies approximately north of Brodnica and north-east of Toruń....

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