Gmina Orneta 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 Lidzbark County

Lidzbark County

Lidzbark 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. Its administrative seat and largest town is Lidzbark Warmiński,...

, 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 Orneta

Orneta

Orneta is a town in northern Poland, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, with a population of 9,859 .- History :Wormditt, a village of Old Prussians, was first mentioned in 1308...

, which lies approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of 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...

 and 44 km (27 mi) north-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 244.13 square kilometres (94.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population was 12,701 with the population of Orneta amounting to 9,380, and the population of the rural part of the gmina at 3,321 persons.

Villages

Apart from the town of Orneta, Gmina Orneta contains the villages and settlements of Augustyny

Augustyny

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

, Bażyny

Bazyny

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

, Biały Dwór, Bogatyńskie

Bogatynskie

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

, Chwalęcin

Chwalecin, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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

, Dąbrówka

Dabrówka, Lidzbark County

Dąbrówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orneta, within Lidzbark County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Orneta, west of Lidzbark Warmiński, and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1772 the area was part of...

, Drwęczno

Drweczno

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

, Gieduty

Gieduty

Gieduty is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orneta, within Lidzbark County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Orneta, west of Lidzbark Warmiński, and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1772 the area was part of...

, Henrykowo

Henrykowo, Lidzbark County

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

, Karbowo

Karbowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Karbowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orneta, within Lidzbark County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Orneta, west of Lidzbark Warmiński, and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1772 the area was part of...

, Karkajmy

Karkajmy

Karkajmy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orneta, within Lidzbark County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Orneta, west of Lidzbark Warmiński, and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1772 the area was part of...

, Klusajny

Klusajny

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

, Krosno

Krosno, Lidzbark County

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

, Krzykały, Kumajny

Kumajny

Kumajny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orneta, within Lidzbark County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Orneta, west of Lidzbark Warmiński, and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1772 the area was part of...

, Lejławki Małe, Lejławki Wielkie, Miłkowo, Mingajny

Mingajny

Mingajny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orneta, within Lidzbark County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Orneta, west of Lidzbark Warmiński, and north of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1772 the area was part of...

, Nowy Dwór

Nowy Dwór, Lidzbark County

Nowy Dwór is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orneta, within Lidzbark County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Orneta, west of Lidzbark Warmiński, and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1772 the area was part of...

, Opin

Opin

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

, Osetnik

Osetnik, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Osetnik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orneta, within Lidzbark County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Orneta, west of Lidzbark Warmiński, and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1772 the area was part of...

, Ostry Kamień

Ostry Kamien, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Ostry Kamień is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orneta, within Lidzbark County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Orneta, west of Lidzbark Warmiński, and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1772 the area was...

, Wojciechowo

Wojciechowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Wojciechowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orneta, within Lidzbark County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Orneta, west of Lidzbark Warmiński, and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1772 the area was part of...

 and Wola Lipecka

Wola Lipecka

Wola Lipecka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orneta, within Lidzbark County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Orneta is bordered by the gminas of Godkowo

Gmina Godkowo

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

, Lidzbark Warmiński

Gmina Lidzbark Warminski

Gmina Lidzbark Warmiński is a rural gmina in Lidzbark County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Lidzbark Warmiński, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Lubomino

Gmina Lubomino

Gmina Lubomino is a rural gmina in Lidzbark County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Lubomino, which lies approximately west of Lidzbark Warmiński and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Miłakowo, Pieniężno

Gmina Pieniezno

Gmina Pieniężno is an urban-rural gmina in Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Pieniężno, which lies approximately south-east of Braniewo and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Płoskinia and Wilczęta

Gmina Wilczeta

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

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