Gmina Police 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 Police County

Police County

Police County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the Polish-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...

, 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 Police

Police, Poland

Police is a town in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, northwestern Poland. It is the capital of Police County. As of 2006, the town had 34,284 inhabitants. The name comes from Polish pole, which means "field"....

, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north 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....

.

The gmina covers an area of 251.42 square kilometres (97.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 41,417 (out of which the population of Police amounts to 34,284, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,133).

Villages

Apart from the town of Police, Gmina Police contains the villages and settlements of Bartoszewo

Bartoszewo, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Bartoszewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately west of Police and north-west of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Dębostrów

Dębostrów

Dębostrów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north of Police and north of the regional capital Szczecin.- History :First references to...

, Dobieszczyn

Dobieszczyn

Dobieszczyn is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-west of Police and north-west of the regional capital Szczecin.- History :Before 1945...

, Drogoradz

Drogoradz, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Drogoradz – is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-west of Police and north of the regional capital Szczecin.- History :Before 1945 the area...

, Gunice

Gunice

Gunice is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately west of Police and north-west of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Karpin

Karpin, Police County

Karpin is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-west of Police and north-west of the regional capital Szczecin.- History :Before 1945 the...

, Leśno Górne

Leśno Górne

Leśno Górne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south-west of Police and north-west of the regional capital Szczecin.- History :Before 1945 the...

, Mazańczyce

Mazańczyce

Mazańczyce is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north of Police and north of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Niekłończyca

Niekłończyca

Niekłończyca is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-west of Police and north of the regional capital Szczecin.- History :First references to...

, Nowa Jasienica

Nowa Jasienica

Nowa Jasienica - is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-west of Police and north-west of the regional capital Szczecin.- History :Before...

, Pienice

Pienice, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pienice is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north of Police and north of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

, Pilchowo

Pilchowo, Police County

Pilchowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border....

, Podbrzezie

Podbrzezie, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Poddymin

Poddymin

Poddymin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately west of Police and north-west of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Przęsocin

Przesocin

Przęsocin is a small village south of the town of Police, Poland- History :Przęsocin, until 1945 known as Neuendorf , became part of Poland after the end of World War II and changed its name to the Polish Przęsocin.-Tourism:...

, Siedlice

Siedlice, Police County

Siedlice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-west of Police and north of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Sierakowo

Sierakowo, Police County

Sierakowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south-west of Police and north-west of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part...

, Stare Leśno

Stare Leśno

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

, Stary Dębostrów

Stary Dębostrów

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

, Tanowo

Tanowo

Tanowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border....

, Tatynia

Tatynia

Tatynia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-west of Police and north of the regional capital Szczecin.- History :Before 1945 the area was...

, Trzebież

Trzebiez

Trzebież - is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north of Police and north of the regional capital Szczecin.The village has a population of 2,500...

, Trzeszczyn

Trzeszczyn

Trzeszczyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-west of Police and north of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Turznica

Turznica, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Uniemyśl

Uniemyśl, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Uniemyśl – is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north of Police and north of the regional capital Szczecin.- History :First references to...

, Węgornik

Węgornik

Węgornik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately west of Police and north-west of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Wieńkowo

Wieńkowo

Wieńkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-west of Police and north of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Witorza

Witorza

Witorza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border....

, Zalesie

Zalesie, Police County

Zalesie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately west of Police and north-west of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

 and Żółtew

Żółtew

Żółtew is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border....

.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Police is bordered by the city of 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....

 and by the gminas of Dobra

Gmina Dobra, Police County

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

, Goleniów

Gmina Goleniów

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

, Nowe Warpno

Gmina Nowe Warpno

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

 and Stepnica

Gmina Stepnica

Gmina Stepnica is a rural gmina in Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Stepnica, which lies approximately north-west of Goleniów and north of the regional capital Szczecin.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

. 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...

.