Gmina Ostróda 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 Ostróda County

Ostróda County

Ostróda 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 Ostróda, which lies ...

, 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 Ostróda

Ostróda

Ostróda is a town in Ostróda County in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland, with 33,603 inhabitants as of January 1, 2005. It lies in the Masurian Lake District and is a growing tourist site owing to its relaxing natural surroundings.-History:...

, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.

The gmina covers an area of 401.06 square kilometres (154.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 15,501.

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 Dylewo Hills Landscape Park

Dylewo Hills Landscape Park

Dylewo Hills Landscape Park is a protected area in northern Poland, established in 1994, covering an area of ....

.

Villages

Gmina Ostróda contains the villages and settlements of Bałcyny, Bednarki

Bednarki

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

, Brzydowo

Brzydowo, Ostróda County

Brzydowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.The village has a population of 510.-References:...

, Buńki

Bunki

was a after Meiō and before Eishō. This period spanned the years from February 1501 through February 1504. The reigning emperor was .-Change of era:...

, Cibory

Cibory, Ostróda County

Cibory is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Ciemniak

Ciemniak, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Ciemniak is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Czarny Róg

Czarny Róg, Ostróda County

Czarny Róg is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Czerwona Karczma

Czerwona Karczma

Czerwona Karczma is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Czyżówka

Czyzówka, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Czyżówka is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland....

, Durąg

Durag

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

, Dziadyk

Dziadyk

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

, Gąski

Gaski, Ostróda County

Gąski is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland....

, Gierłoż, Giętlewo

Gietlewo

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

, Glaznoty

Glaznoty

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

, Górka

Górka, Gmina Ostróda

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

, Grabin

Grabin, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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

, Grabinek

Grabinek, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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

, Gruda

Gruda, Ostróda County

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

, Idzbark

Idzbark

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

, Jabłonka, Jankowiec

Jankowiec

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

, Janowo

Janowo, Ostróda County

Janowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland....

, Kajkowo

Kajkowo

Kajkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Ostróda and west of the regional capital Olsztyn.The village has a population of 1,017.-References:...

, Kątno

Katno, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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

, Klonowo

Klonowo, Ostróda County

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

, Kraplewo

Kraplewo

Krąplewo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Stęszew, within Poznań County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Stęszew and south-west of the regional capital Poznań.-References:...

, Lesiak Lipowski

Lesiak Lipowski

Lesiak Lipowski is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Lesiak Ostródzki

Lesiak Ostródzki

Lesiak Ostródzki is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Lichtajny

Lichtajny, Ostróda County

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

, Lipowiec

Lipowiec, Ostróda County

Lipowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland....

, Lipowo

Lipowo, Ostróda County

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

, Lubajny

Lubajny

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

, Marciniaki

Marciniaki

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

, Marynowo

Marynowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Marynowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland....

, Międzylesie

Miedzylesie, Ostróda County

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

, Miejska Wola

Miejska Wola, Ostróda County

Miejska Wola is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Młyn Idzbarski, Morliny

Morliny

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

, Naprom

Naprom

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

, Nastajki

Nastajki

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

, Nowa Gierłoż, Nowe Siedlisko

Nowe Siedlisko

Nowe Siedlisko is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Nowy Folwark

Nowy Folwark, Ostróda County

Nowy Folwark is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland....

, Ornowo

Ornowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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

, Ostrowin

Ostrowin

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

, Pancerzyn

Pancerzyn

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

, Pietrzwałd, Pobórze

Pobórze

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

, Podlesie

Podlesie, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Podlesie is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland....

, Prusowo

Prusowo

Prusowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Przylądek

Przyladek, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Przylądek is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Reszki

Reszki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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

, Rudno

Rudno, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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

, Ruś Mała, Ryn

Ryn, Ostróda County

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

, Ryńskie

Rynskie

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

, Samborówko

Samborówko

Samborówko is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Samborowo

Samborowo

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

, Smykówko

Smykówko

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

, Smykowo

Smykowo

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

, Stare Jabłonki, Staszkowo

Staszkowo

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

, Szafranki

Szafranki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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

, Szklarnia

Szklarnia, Ostróda County

Szklarnia is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland....

, Szyldak

Szyldak

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

, Turznica

Turznica, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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

, Tyrowo

Tyrowo

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

, Wałdowo, Warlity Wielkie

Warlity Wielkie

Warlity Wielkie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Ostróda and west of the regional capital Olsztyn.-References:...

, Wirwajdy

Wirwajdy

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

, Wólka Klonowska

Wólka Klonowska, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Wólka Klonowska is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland....

, Wólka Lichtajńska

Wólka Lichtajnska

Wólka Lichtajńska is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.-References:...

, Worniny

Worniny

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

, Wygoda

Wygoda, Ostróda County

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

, Wysoka Wieś

Wysoka Wies, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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

, Wyżnice

Wyznice

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

, Zabłocie, Zajączki

Zajaczki, Ostróda County

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

, Zawady Małe, Żurejny

Zurejny

Żurejny is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland....

 and Zwierzewo

Zwierzewo

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Ostróda is bordered by the town of Ostróda

Ostróda

Ostróda is a town in Ostróda County in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland, with 33,603 inhabitants as of January 1, 2005. It lies in the Masurian Lake District and is a growing tourist site owing to its relaxing natural surroundings.-History:...

 and by the gminas of Dąbrówno

Gmina Dabrówno

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

, Gietrzwałd

Gmina Gietrzwałd

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

, Grunwald

Gmina Grunwald

Gmina Grunwald is a rural gmina in Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.Gmina Grunwald is divided into 19 sołectwos. The villages with the largest population are Gierzwałd, which dates back to the 14th century, and Zybułtowo. Gierzwałd is the administrative seat of the...

, Iława, Lubawa

Gmina Lubawa

Gmina Lubawa is a rural gmina in Iława County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It takes its name from the town of Lubawa, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina...

, Łukta, Miłomłyn and Olsztynek

Gmina Olsztynek

Gmina Olsztynek is an urban-rural gmina in Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Olsztynek, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn....

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