Gmina Stepnica 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 Goleniów County

Goleniów County

Goleniów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western 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 Goleniów, which...

, 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...

. Its seat is the village of Stepnica

Stepnica

Stepnica is a village in Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Stepnica. It lies approximately north-west of Goleniów and north of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1648 the area was part of Duchy of Pomerania,...

, which lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) north-west of Goleniów

Goleniów

Goleniów is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland with 22,399 inhabitants . It is the capital of Goleniów County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship ; previously it was in Szczecin Voivodeship . Town area is 12.5 km², geographical situation 53°33'N and 14°49'E...

 and 27 km (17 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....

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The gmina covers an area of 294.16 square kilometres (113.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,693.

Villages

Gmina Stepnica contains the villages and settlements of Bogusławie, Borowice

Borowice, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Borowice is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Stepnica, within Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania....

, Budzień

Budzien

Budzień is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stepnica, within Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Stepnica, north-west of Goleniów, and north of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Czarnocin

Czarnocin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Czarnocin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stepnica, within Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Stepnica, north-west of Goleniów, and north of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part...

, Gąsierzyno

Gasierzyno

Gąsierzyno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stepnica, within Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Stepnica, north-west of Goleniów, and north of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part...

, Jarszewko

Jarszewko

Jarszewko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stepnica, within Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is about 70 km from Szczecin and 30 km from Świnoujście. It is on the coast of the Szczecin Lagoon and has a population of about 80...

, Kopice

Kopice, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Kopice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stepnica, within Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Stepnica, north-west of Goleniów, and north of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Krokorzyce

Krokorzyce

Krokorzyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stepnica, within Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Stepnica, north-west of Goleniów, and north of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Łąka, Miłowo, Piaski Małe, Racimierz

Racimierz, Goleniów County

Racimierz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stepnica, within Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north of Stepnica, north-west of Goleniów, and north of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Rogów

Rogów, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Rogów is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Stepnica, within Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Stepnica, north-west of Goleniów, and north of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Stepnica

Stepnica

Stepnica is a village in Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Stepnica. It lies approximately north-west of Goleniów and north of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1648 the area was part of Duchy of Pomerania,...

, Stepniczka

Stepniczka

Stepniczka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stepnica, within Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania....

, Widzieńsko

Widziensko

Widzieńsko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stepnica, within Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Stepnica, north of Goleniów, and north of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Żarnówko

Zarnówko

Żarnówko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stepnica, within Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north of Stepnica, north-west of Goleniów, and north of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Żarnowo

Zarnowo, Goleniów County

Żarnowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stepnica, within Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north of Stepnica, north-west of Goleniów, and north of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...

 and Zielonczyn

Zielonczyn, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Zielonczyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stepnica, within Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Stepnica is bordered by the city of Świnoujście

Swinoujscie

Świnoujście is a city and seaport on the Baltic Sea and Szczecin Lagoon, located in the extreme north-west of Poland. It is situated mainly on the islands of Uznam and Wolin, but also occupies smaller islands, of which the largest is Karsibór island, once part of Usedom, now separated by a Piast...

 and by the gminas of 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....

, Międzyzdroje

Gmina Miedzyzdroje

Gmina Międzyzdroje is an urban-rural gmina in Kamień County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Międzyzdroje, which lies approximately west of Kamień Pomorski and north of the regional capital Szczecin.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...

, 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...

, Police

Gmina Police

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

, Przybiernów

Gmina Przybiernów

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

 and Wolin

Gmina Wolin

Gmina Wolin is an urban-rural gmina in Kamień County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Wolin, which lies approximately south-west of Kamień Pomorski and north of the regional capital Szczecin.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

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