Gmina Sztutowo 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 Nowy Dwór Gdański County

Nowy Dwór Gdanski County

Nowy Dwór Gdański County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Baltic coast. 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...

, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomeranian Voivodeship, or Pomerania Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in north-central Poland. It comprises most of Pomerelia , as well as an area east of the Vistula River...

, 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 Sztutowo

Sztutowo

Sztutowo is a village in Nowy Dwór Gdański County, part of the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland. It is located about 38 km east of Gdańsk on the northeastern edge of the Vistula Delta, at the base of the Vistula Spit on the Baltic coast....

, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of Nowy Dwór Gdański

Nowy Dwór Gdanski

Nowy Dwór Gdański is a town in Poland, capital of Nowy Dwór Gdański County, located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, with 10,123 inhabitants .-Twin towns — Sister cities:Nowy Dwór Gdański is twinned with:-External links:*...

 and 36 km (22 mi) east of the regional capital Gdańsk

Gdansk

Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...

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The gmina covers an area of 107.49 square kilometres (41.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,517.

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 Vistula Spit Landscape Park

Vistula Spit Landscape Park

Vistula Spit Landscape Park is a protected area on the Vistula Spit in northern Poland. The Park was established in 1985, and covers an area of ....

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Villages

Gmina Sztutowo contains the villages and settlements of Doły, Dublewo

Dublewo

Dublewo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Sztutowo, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Sztutowo, north-east of Nowy Dwór Gdański, and east of the regional capital Gdańsk.Before 1945 the area was...

, Graniczna

Graniczna, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Graniczna is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Sztutowo, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Sztutowo, north-east of Nowy Dwór Gdański, and east of the regional capital Gdańsk.Before 1945 the area...

, Grochowo Drugie

Grochowo Drugie

Grochowo Drugie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sztutowo, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Sztutowo, north of Nowy Dwór Gdański, and east of the regional capital Gdańsk.Before 1945 the area was...

, Grochowo Pierwsze

Grochowo Pierwsze

Grochowo Pierwsze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sztutowo, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Sztutowo, north of Nowy Dwór Gdański, and east of the regional capital Gdańsk.Before 1945 the area...

, Grochowo Trzecie

Grochowo Trzecie

Grochowo Trzecie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sztutowo, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Groszkowo

Groszkowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Groszkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sztutowo, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Sztutowo, north-east of Nowy Dwór Gdański, and east of the regional capital Gdańsk.Before 1945 the area was part...

, Kąty Rybackie

Katy Rybackie

Kąty Rybackie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sztutowo, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Sztutowo, north-east of Nowy Dwór Gdański, and east of the regional capital Gdańsk.Until 1773 belonged to...

, Kobyla Kępa

Kobyla Kepa

Kobyla Kępa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sztutowo, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Sztutowo, north-east of Nowy Dwór Gdański, and east of the regional capital Gdańsk.Before 1945 the area was part...

, Łaszka, Płonina, Przyłap, Skowronki

Skowronki, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Skowronki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sztutowo, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Sztutowo

Sztutowo

Sztutowo is a village in Nowy Dwór Gdański County, part of the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland. It is located about 38 km east of Gdańsk on the northeastern edge of the Vistula Delta, at the base of the Vistula Spit on the Baltic coast....

, Sztutowska Kępa

Sztutowska Kepa

Sztutowska Kępa is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Sztutowo, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Sztutowo, north-east of Nowy Dwór Gdański, and east of the regional capital Gdańsk.Before 1945 the...

 and Wydmina

Wydmina

Wydmina is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Sztutowo, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Sztutowo, north-east of Nowy Dwór Gdański, and east of the regional capital Gdańsk.Before 1945 the area was part...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Sztutowo is bordered by the town of Krynica Morska

Krynica Morska

Krynica Morska is a town and coextensive municipality on the Vistula Spit in northern Poland with 1,364 inhabitants . It has been a part of Nowy Dwór Gdański County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999; previously it was in Elbląg Voivodeship...

 and by the gminas of Nowy Dwór Gdański

Gmina Nowy Dwór Gdanski

Gmina Nowy Dwór Gdański is an urban-rural gmina in Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Stegna

Gmina Stegna

Gmina Stegna is a rural gmina in Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Stegna, which lies approximately north of Nowy Dwór Gdański and east of the regional capital Gdańsk....

 and Tolkmicko

Gmina Tolkmicko

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

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