Gmina Lidzbark 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 Działdowo County, 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 town of Lidzbark

Lidzbark

Lidzbark is a town in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in north-east Poland, on the Wel river.Lidzbark may also refer to the following places in Poland:* Connected with the town of Lidzbark:...

, which lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Działdowo and 74 km (46 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...

. (This should not be confused with Lidzbark Warmiński

Lidzbark Warminski

Lidzbark Warmiński is a town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the capital of Lidzbark County.- History :The town was originally an Old Prussian settlement known as Lecbarg until being conquered in 1240 by the Teutonic Knights, who called it Heilsberg...

, another town in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.)

The gmina covers an area of 255.67 square kilometres (98.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 14,484 (out of which the population of Lidzbark amounts to 8,261, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,223).

The gmina contains parts 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...

s called Górzno-Lidzbark Landscape Park

Górzno-Lidzbark Landscape Park

Górzno-Lidzbark Landscape Park is a protected area in north-central Poland, established in 1990, covering an area of ....

 and Wel Landscape Park

Wel Landscape Park

Wel Landscape Park is a protected area in northern Poland, established in 1995, covering an area of . It takes its name from the Wel river....

.

Villages

Apart from the town of Lidzbark, Gmina Lidzbark contains the villages and settlements of Adamowo, Bełk, Biernaty

Biernaty, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Biernaty is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Bladowo

Bladowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Bladowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Lidzbark, west of Działdowo, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Borki, Borówno

Borówno, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Borówno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Bryńsk

Brynsk

Bryńsk is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Lidzbark, west of Działdowo, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Bryńsk Szlachecki

Brynsk Szlachecki

Bryńsk Szlachecki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Lidzbark, west of Działdowo, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.-References:...

, Bryńsk-Ostrowy

Brynsk-Ostrowy

Bryńsk-Ostrowy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland....

, Chełsty, Cibórz

Cibórz, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Cibórz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.The village has a population of 400.-References:...

, Ciechanówko

Ciechanówko

Ciechanówko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.The village has a population of 43.-References:...

, Dębowiec, Glinki, Jamielnik, Jeleń, Kiełpiny, Klonowo, Koty

Koty, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Koty is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Lidzbark, west of Działdowo, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Kurojady

Kurojady

Kurojady is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Lidzbark, west of Działdowo, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Lidzbark-Nadleśnictwo

Lidzbark-Nadlesnictwo

Lidzbark-Nadleśnictwo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Lidzbark, west of Działdowo, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.-References:...

, Marszewnica

Marszewnica

Marszewnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Lidzbark, west of Działdowo, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.-References:...

, Miłostajki, Nick

Nick, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Nick is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Lidzbark, west of Działdowo, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Nowe Dłutowo, Nowy Dwór, Nowy Dwór-Leśniczówka

Nowy Dwór-Lesniczówka

Nowy Dwór-Leśniczówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Nowy Zieluń

Nowy Zielun

Nowy Zieluń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Lidzbark, west of Działdowo, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Olszewo, Ostrowy, Piaseczno, Podcibórz

Podcibórz

Podcibórz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Lidzbark, west of Działdowo, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Sarnia Góra

Sarnia Góra, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Sarnia Góra is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Słup, Stare Dłutowo, Tarczyny

Tarczyny

Tarczyny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Lidzbark, north-west of Działdowo, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.-References:...

, Wąpiersk

Wapiersk

Wąpiersk is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Lidzbark, north-west of Działdowo, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.The village has a population...

, Wawrowo

Wawrowo

Wawrowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Lidzbark, south-west of Działdowo, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.The village has a population of...

, Wlewsk

Wlewsk

Wlewsk is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Lidzbark, west of Działdowo, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Zalesie

Zalesie, Gmina Lidzbark

Zalesie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lidzbark, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Lidzbark, west of Działdowo, and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.-References:...

, Zdrojek and Zielonka.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Lidzbark is bordered by the gminas of Bartniczka

Gmina Bartniczka

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

, 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....

, Górzno

Gmina Górzno, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Gmina Górzno is an urban-rural gmina in Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Górzno, which lies approximately east of Brodnica and 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...

, Lubowidz

Gmina Lubowidz

Gmina Lubowidz is a rural gmina in Żuromin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Lubowidz, which lies approximately north-west of Żuromin and north-west of Warsaw....

, Płośnica and Rybno

Gmina Rybno, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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

.