Gmina Tolkmicko 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 Elbląg County

Elblag County

Elbląg 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 is the city of Elbląg, although the city...

, 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 Tolkmicko

Tolkmicko

Tolkmicko is a town in northern Poland, on the Vistula Lagoon, about 20 km northeast of Elbląg. It is located in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in Elbląg County. Its population is 2,766 -History:...

, which lies approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) north of Elbląg

Elblag

Elbląg is a city in northern Poland with 127,892 inhabitants . It is the capital of Elbląg County and has been assigned to the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999. Before then it was the capital of Elbląg Voivodeship and a county seat in Gdańsk Voivodeship...

 and 87 km (54 mi) north-west 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 225.3 square kilometres (87 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,670 (out of which the population of Tolkmicko amounts to 2,731, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,939).

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 Elbląg Upland Landscape Park

Elblag Upland Landscape Park

Elbląg Upland Landscape Park is a protected area in northern Poland, established in 1985, covering an area of ....

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Villages

Apart from the town of Tolkmicko, Gmina Tolkmicko contains the villages and settlements of Biała Leśniczówka, Bogdaniec

Bogdaniec, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Bogdaniec is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Tolkmicko, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Tolkmicko, north of Elbląg, and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Brzezina

Brzezina, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Brzezina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tolkmicko, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Chojnowo

Chojnowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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

, Janówek

Janówek, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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

, Kadyny

Kadyny

Kadyny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tolkmicko, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies on the Vistula Lagoon of the Baltic Sea, approximately south-west of Tolkmicko, north of Elbląg, and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn...

, Kamienica Elbląska

Kamienica Elblaska

Kamienica Elbląska is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Tolkmicko, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Tolkmicko, north of Elbląg, and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was...

, Kamionek Wielki

Kamionek Wielki

Kamionek Wielki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tolkmicko, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Kikoty

Kikoty

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

, Łęcze, Nadbrzeże

Nadbrzeze

Nadbrzeże is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Tolkmicko, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Tolkmicko, north of Elbląg, and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Nowinka

Nowinka, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Nowinka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tolkmicko, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Ostrogóra

Ostrogóra

Ostrogóra is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Tolkmicko, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Tolkmicko, north of Elbląg, and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Pagórki

Pagórki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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

, Pęklewo

Peklewo

Pęklewo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Tolkmicko, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Tolkmicko, north of Elbląg, and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Pogrodzie

Pogrodzie

Pogrodzie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tolkmicko, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Połoniny, Przybyłowo, Przylesie

Przylesie, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Przylesie is a former settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Tolkmicko, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Tolkmicko, north-east of Elbląg, and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part...

, Rangóry

Rangóry

Rangóry is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Tolkmicko, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Tolkmicko, north of Elbląg, and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Suchacz

Suchacz

Suchacz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tolkmicko, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Święty Kamień

Swiety Kamien, Elblag County

Święty Kamień is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Tolkmicko, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Tolkmicko, north-east of Elbląg, and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Wodynia

Wodynia

Wodynia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tolkmicko, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

 and Wysoki Bór

Wysoki Bór

Wysoki Bór is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Tolkmicko, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Tolkmicko, north of Elbląg, and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Tolkmicko is bordered by the city of Elbląg

Elblag

Elbląg is a city in northern Poland with 127,892 inhabitants . It is the capital of Elbląg County and has been assigned to the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999. Before then it was the capital of Elbląg Voivodeship and a county seat in Gdańsk Voivodeship...

 and by the gminas of Elbląg

Gmina Elblag

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

, Frombork

Gmina Frombork

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

, Milejewo

Gmina Milejewo

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

, Młynary and Sztutowo

Gmina Sztutowo

Gmina Sztutowo is a rural gmina in Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Sztutowo, which lies approximately north of Nowy Dwór Gdański and east of the regional capital Gdańsk.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

. It also lies next to the Vistula Lagoon

Vistula Lagoon

The Vistula Lagoon is a fresh water lagoon on the Baltic Sea separated from Gdańsk Bay by the Vistula Spit. It is sometimes known as the Vistula Bay or Vistula Gulf. The modern German name, Frisches Haff, is derived from an earlier form, Friesisches Haff. Both this term and the earlier Polish...

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