Gmina Ryn 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 Giżycko County

Gizycko County

Giżycko County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms of 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Giżycko, which lies east of...

, 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 Ryn

Ryn

Ryn is a town in Poland located 19 km southwest of Giżycko, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. Until the reorganization of 1999 it had been assigned to Suwałki Voivodeship. It had a population of 3,062 inhabitants as of December 31, 2004....

, which lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of Giżycko

Gizycko

Giżycko is a town in northeastern Poland with 29,796 inhabitants . It is situated in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship , having previously been in the Suwałki Voivodeship . It is the seat of Giżycko County.-History:...

 and 71 km (44 mi) east 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 211.21 square kilometres (81.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,986 (out of which the population of Ryn amounts to 3,006, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,980).

Villages

Apart from the town of Ryn, Gmina Ryn contains the villages and settlements of Bachorza

Bachorza, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Bachorza is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ryn, within Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Ryn, south-west of Giżycko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .-References:...

, Canki

Canki

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

, Głąbowo, Grzybowo

Grzybowo, Gizycko County

Grzybowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ryn, within Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Ryn, west of Giżycko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .-References:...

, Hermanowa Wola

Hermanowa Wola

Hermanowa Wola is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ryn, within Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Ryn, south-west of Giżycko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Jeziorko

Jeziorko, Gizycko County

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

, Knis

Knis

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

, Knis-Podewsie

Knis-Podewsie

Knis-Podewsie is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ryn, within Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Ryn, south-west of Giżycko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Kronowo

Kronowo, Gizycko County

Kronowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ryn, within Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Ryn, west of Giżycko, and north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .-References:...

, Krzyżany

Krzyzany

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

, Ławki, Ławki PGR, Mioduńskie

Miodunskie

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

, Mleczkowo

Mleczkowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Mleczkowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ryn, within Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Ryn, south-west of Giżycko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Monetki

Monetki

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

, Mrówki

Mrówki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Mrówki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ryn, within Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Ryn, south-west of Giżycko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .The...

, Orło, Prażmowo

Prazmowo

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

, Rybical

Rybical

Rybical is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ryn, within Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Ryn, south-west of Giżycko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .-References:...

, Ryński Dwór

Rynski Dwór

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

, Ryńskie Pole

Rynskie Pole

Ryńskie Pole is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ryn, within Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Ryn, south-west of Giżycko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

, Siejkowo

Siejkowo

Siejkowo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ryn, within Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Ryn, south-west of Giżycko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

, Skop

Skop

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

, Skorupki

Skorupki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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

, Słabowo, Stara Rudówka

Stara Rudówka

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

, Sterławki Wielkie, Szymonka

Szymonka

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

, Tros

Tros, Poland

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

, Wejdyki

Wejdyki

Wejdyki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ryn, within Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Ryn, south-west of Giżycko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .-References:...

 and Zielony Lasek

Zielony Lasek

Zielony Lasek is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Ryn, within Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Ryn, south-west of Giżycko, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Ryn is bordered by the gminas of Giżycko

Gmina Gizycko

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

, Kętrzyn

Gmina Ketrzyn

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

, Mikołajki, Miłki and Mrągowo

Gmina Mragowo

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

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