Gmina Nowa Karczma 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 Kościerzyna County

Koscierzyna County

Kościerzyna County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Kościerzyna, which lies ...

, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomeranian Voivodeship, or Pomerania Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in north-central Poland. It comprises most of Pomerelia , as well as an area east of the Vistula River...

, 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 Nowa Karczma

Nowa Karczma, Gmina Nowa Karczma

Nowa Karczma is a village in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Nowa Karczma...

, which lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of Kościerzyna

Koscierzyna

Kościerzyna is a town in Kashubia in Gdańsk Pomerania region, northern Poland, with some 24,000 inhabitants. It has been the capital of Kościerzyna County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999; previously it was in Gdańsk Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998...

 and 39 km (24 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk

Gdansk

Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...

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The gmina covers an area of 113.33 square kilometres (43.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,288.

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 Kashubian Landscape Park

Kashubian Landscape Park

Kashubian Landscape Park is a Landscape Park, a Polish protected area classification, in northern Poland. It represents the natural landscape of and is named after the historic Kashubian culture that existed in this region.-Geography:The Kashubian Landscape Park covers an area of , and was...

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Villages

Gmina Nowa Karczma contains the villages and settlements of Będomin

Bedomin

Będomin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Grabówko

Grabówko, Koscierzyna County

Grabówko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Grabowo Kościerskie

Grabowo Koscierskie

Grabowo Kościerskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Grabowska Huta

Grabowska Huta

Grabowska Huta is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Guzy

Guzy, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Guzy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Nowa Karczma, east of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Horniki

Horniki

Horniki is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Nowa Karczma, east of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.For details of the history of the...

, Horniki Dolne

Horniki Dolne

Horniki Dolne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Nowa Karczma, east of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.For details of the history of...

, Horniki Górne

Horniki Górne

Horniki Górne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Nowa Karczma, east of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.For details of the history of...

, Jasionowa Huta

Jasionowa Huta

Jasionowa Huta is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Nowa Karczma, east of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.For details of the history of...

, Jasiowa Huta

Jasiowa Huta

Jasiowa Huta is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Kamionki

Kamionki, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Kamionki is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Nowa Karczma, east of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.For details of the history of the...

, Liniewko Kościerskie

Liniewko Koscierskie

Liniewko Kościerskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Lubań

Luban, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Lubań is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Lubieszynek

Lubieszynek, Gmina Nowa Karczma

Lubieszynek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Nowa Karczma

Nowa Karczma, Gmina Nowa Karczma

Nowa Karczma is a village in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Nowa Karczma...

, Nowe Horniki

Nowe Horniki

Nowe Horniki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Nowa Karczma, east of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.For details of the history of the...

, Nowy Barkoczyn

Nowy Barkoczyn

Nowy Barkoczyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Olszowy Kiesz

Olszowy Kiesz

Olszowy Kiesz is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Nowa Karczma, east of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.For details of the...

, Rekownica

Rekownica, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Rekownica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Skrzydłówko, Skrzydłowo, Śledziowa Huta

Sledziowa Huta

Śledziowa Huta is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Stary Barkoczyn

Stary Barkoczyn

Stary Barkoczyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Szatarpy

Szatarpy

Szatarpy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Szpon

Szpon, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Szpon is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Sztofrowa Huta

Sztofrowa Huta

Sztofrowa Huta is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Szumleś Królewski

Szumles Królewski

Szumleś Królewski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Szumleś Szlachecki

Szumles Szlachecki

Szumleś Szlachecki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Wielki Kamień

Wielki Kamien

Wielki Kamień is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Nowa Karczma, east of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.For details of the history...

, Zielona Wieś

Zielona Wies, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Zielona Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

 and Zimne Zdroje

Zimne Zdroje, Koscierzyna County

Zimne Zdroje is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Nowa Karczma, east of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.For details of the...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Nowa Karczma is bordered by the gminas of Kościerzyna

Gmina Koscierzyna

Gmina Kościerzyna is a rural gmina in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Kościerzyna, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Liniewo

Gmina Liniewo

Gmina Liniewo is a rural gmina in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Liniewo, which lies approximately east of Kościerzyna and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Przywidz

Gmina Przywidz

Gmina Przywidz is a rural gmina in Gdańsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Przywidz, which lies approximately west of Pruszcz Gdański and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Skarszewy

Gmina Skarszewy

Gmina Skarszewy is an urban-rural gmina in Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Skarszewy, which lies approximately north-west of Starogard Gdański and south of the regional capital Gdańsk.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

 and Somonino

Gmina Somonino

Gmina Somonino is a rural gmina in Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Somonino, which lies approximately south of Kartuzy and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

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