Gmina Sorkwity 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 Mrągowo County

Mragowo County

Mrągowo 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 Mrągowo, 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 village of Sorkwity

Sorkwity

Sorkwity is a village in Mrągowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Sorkwity...

, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) west of Mrągowo

Mragowo

Mrągowo is a town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of northeastern Poland, the capital of Mrągowo County and the seat the Gmina Mrągowo...

 and 43 km (27 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 184.56 square kilometres (71.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,626.

Villages

Gmina Sorkwity contains the villages and settlements of Bałowo, Borowe

Borowe, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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

, Borowski Las

Borowski Las

Borowski Las is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sorkwity, within Mrągowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Sorkwity, south-west of Mrągowo, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Burszewo

Burszewo

Burszewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sorkwity, within Mrągowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Choszczewo

Choszczewo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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

, Gieląd Mały, Gizewo

Gizewo

Giżewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kruszwica, within Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.-References:...

, Głodowo, Janiszewo

Janiszewo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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

, Janowo

Janowo, Mragowo County

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

, Jędrychowo

Jedrychowo, Mragowo County

Jędrychowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sorkwity, within Mrągowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .The village has a population of 160.-References:...

, Jełmuń, Karczewiec

Karczewiec, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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

, Kozarek Mały, Kozarek Wielki

Kozarek Wielki

Kozarek Wielki is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Sorkwity, within Mrągowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .The settlement has a population of 94....

, Kozłowo, Lesiny

Lesiny, Mragowo County

Lesiny is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Sorkwity, within Mrągowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .The settlement has a population of 4....

, Maradki

Maradki

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

, Maradzki Chojniak

Maradzki Chojniak

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

, Miłuki, Młynik, Nibork

Nibork

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

, Nowy Gieląd

Nowy Gielad

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

, Piłaki, Pustniki

Pustniki

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

, Rodowe

Rodowe

Rodowe is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sorkwity, within Mrągowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .The village has a population of 35....

, Rozogi

Rozogi, Mragowo County

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

, Rybno

Rybno, Mragowo County

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

, Słomowo, Sorkwity

Sorkwity

Sorkwity is a village in Mrągowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Sorkwity...

, Stama

Stama

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

, Stary Gieląd

Stary Gielad

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

, Surmówka

Surmówka

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

, Szarłaty, Szelągówka

Szelagówka

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

, Szymanowo

Szymanowo, Mragowo County

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

, Tyszkowo

Tyszkowo

Tyszkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sorkwity, within Mrągowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .The village has a population of 19....

, Warpuny

Warpuny

Warpuny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sorkwity, within Mrągowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Wilamówko

Wilamówko, Mragowo County

Wilamówko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sorkwity, within Mrągowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany ....

, Wola Maradzka

Wola Maradzka

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

, Załuki, Zamkowo

Zamkowo

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

 and Zyndaki

Zyndaki

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Sorkwity is bordered by the gminas of Biskupiec

Gmina Biskupiec, Olsztyn County

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

, Dźwierzuty

Gmina Dzwierzuty

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

, Kolno

Gmina Kolno, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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

, 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....

, Piecki

Gmina Piecki

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

 and Reszel

Gmina Reszel

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

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