Gmina Mieszkowice 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 Gryfino County

Gryfino County

Gryfino County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the German border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest...

, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

West Pomeranian Voivodeship

West Pomeranian Voivodeship, , is a voivodeship in northwestern Poland. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the southeast, Lubusz Voivodeship to the south, the German federal-state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north...

, in north-western 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...

, on the German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 border. Its seat is the town of Mieszkowice

Mieszkowice

Mieszkowice is a town in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland, about east of the Oder river and the border with Germany...

, which lies approximately 52 kilometres (32 mi) south of Gryfino

Gryfino

Gryfino is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland with 22,500 inhabitants . It is also the capital of Gryfino County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship , previously in Szczecin Voivodeship ....

 and 71 km (44 mi) south of the regional capital Szczecin

Szczecin

Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....

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The gmina covers an area of 238.67 square kilometres (92.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,457 (out of which the population of Mieszkowice amounts to 3,553, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,904).

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 Cedynia Landscape Park

Cedynia Landscape Park

Cedynia Landscape Park is a protected area in north-western Poland, bordering Germany. It was established on 1 April 1993, by order of the governor of the then Szczecin Voivodeship. The Park covers an area of...

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Villages

Apart from the town of Mieszkowice, Gmina Mieszkowice contains the villages and settlements of Chrzęstno

Chrzestno

Chrzęstno is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border....

, Czelin

Czelin

Czelin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south-west of Mieszkowice, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before...

, Goszków

Goszków

Goszków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north of Mieszkowice, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before...

, Goszkówek

Goszkówek

Goszkówek is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-east of Mieszkowice, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital...

, Gozdowice

Gozdowice

Gozdowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately west of Mieszkowice, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before...

, Jamno

Jamno, Gryfino County

Jamno is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border....

, Kamionka

Kamionka, Gryfino County

Kamionka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-east of Mieszkowice, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital...

, Kępa Troszyńska

Kepa Troszynska

Kępa Troszyńska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately east of Mieszkowice, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital...

, Kiwity

Kiwity, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Kiwity is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-east of Mieszkowice, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital...

, Kłosów, Kurzycko

Kurzycko

Kurzycko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south-west of Mieszkowice, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital...

, Mirogniew

Mirogniew, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Mirogniew is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south-east of Mieszkowice, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital...

, Motary

Motary

Motary is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border....

, Nowiny

Nowiny, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Nowiny is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-east of Mieszkowice, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital...

, Ostępy

Ostepy

Ostępy is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border....

, Plany

Plany

Plany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-west of Mieszkowice, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before...

, Ranowo

Ranowo

Ranowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border....

, Rogaczewo

Rogaczewo, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Rogaczewo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south-west of Mieszkowice, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital...

, Sitno

Sitno, Gryfino County

Sitno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south-east of Mieszkowice, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before...

, Stare Łysogórki, Stary Błeszyn, Starzyn

Starzyn

Starzyn is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-east of Mieszkowice, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital...

, Troszyn

Troszyn, Gryfino County

Troszyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately east of Mieszkowice, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945...

, Wierzchlas

Wierzchlas, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Wierzchlas is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-west of Mieszkowice, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital...

, Wierzchlasek

Wierzchlasek

Wierzchlasek is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border....

 and Zielin

Zielin, Gryfino County

Zielin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately east of Mieszkowice, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Mieszkowice is bordered by the gminas of Boleszkowice

Gmina Boleszkowice

Gmina Boleszkowice is a rural gmina in Myślibórz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, on the German border...

, Cedynia

Gmina Cedynia

Gmina Cedynia is an urban-rural gmina in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, on the German border...

, Chojna

Gmina Chojna

Gmina Chojna is an urban-rural gmina in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, on the German border...

, Dębno

Gmina Debno, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Gmina Dębno is an urban-rural gmina in Myślibórz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Dębno, which lies approximately south-west of Myślibórz and south of the regional capital Szczecin.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Moryń

Gmina Moryn

Gmina Moryń is an urban-rural gmina in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Moryń, which lies approximately south of Gryfino and south of the regional capital Szczecin....

 and Trzcińsko-Zdrój

Gmina Trzcinsko-Zdrój

Gmina Trzcińsko-Zdrój is an urban-rural gmina in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland...

. It also borders Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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