Gmina Lipka 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 Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Greater Poland Voivodeship

Wielkopolska Voivodeship , or Greater Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998...

, in west-central 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 Lipka, which lies approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) north-east of Złotów and 124 km (77 mi) north of the regional capital Poznań

Poznan

Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

.

The gmina covers an area of 191.01 square kilometres (73.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,561.

Villages

Gmina Lipka contains the villages and settlements of Batorówko

Batorówko

Batorówko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipka, within Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Lipka, north-east of Złotów, and north of the regional capital Poznań....

, Batorowo, Białobłocie, Bługowo, Czyżkówko

Czyzkówko

Czyżkówko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipka, within Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Lipka, north-east of Złotów, and north of the regional capital Poznań....

, Czyżkowo

Czyzkowo

Czyżkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipka, within Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Lipka, north-east of Złotów, and north of the regional capital Poznań.Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of...

, Debrzno-Wieś

Debrzno-Wies

Debrzno-Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipka, within Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Lipka, north-east of Złotów, and north of the regional capital Poznań....

, Huta, Kiełpin, Łąkie, Łąkie-Gogolin, Laskowo, Lipka, Mały Buczek, Nowe Potulice

Nowe Potulice

Nowe Potulice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipka, within Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Lipka, north-east of Złotów, and north of the regional capital Poznań....

, Nowy Buczek

Nowy Buczek

Nowy Buczek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipka, within Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Lipka, north-east of Złotów, and north of the regional capital Poznań....

, Osowo, Potulice, Scholastykowo

Scholastykowo

Scholastykowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipka, within Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Lipka, north-east of Złotów, and north of the regional capital Poznań....

, Smolnica, Stołuńsko, Trudna

Trudna

Trudna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipka, within Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Lipka, north of Złotów, and north of the regional capital Poznań.Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland,...

 and Wielki Buczek.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Lipka is bordered by the gminas of Debrzno

Gmina Debrzno

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

, Okonek

Gmina Okonek

Gmina Okonek is an urban-rural gmina in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Okonek, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań....

, Sępólno Krajeńskie

Gmina Sepólno Krajenskie

Gmina Sępólno Krajeńskie is an urban-rural gmina in Sępólno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland...

, Więcbork

Gmina Wiecbork

Gmina Więcbork is an urban-rural gmina in Sępólno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Więcbork, which lies approximately south of Sępólno Krajeńskie and north-west of Bydgoszcz....

, Zakrzewo

Gmina Zakrzewo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Gmina Zakrzewo is a rural german gmina in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Zakrzewo, which lies approximately north-east of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

 and Złotów.