Gmina Wałcz 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 Wałcz County, 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 town of Wałcz, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.

The gmina covers an area of 575.09 square kilometres (222 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 12,424.

Villages

Gmina Wałcz contains the villages and settlements of Boguszyn

Boguszyn, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Boguszyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Brzezinki

Brzezinki, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Brzezinki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Bukowa Góra

Bukowa Góra, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Bukowa Góra is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin.-References:...

, Chude

Chude, Poland

Chude is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin.The village has a population of 220....

, Chwiram

Chwiram

Chwiram is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Czapla

Czapla, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Czapla is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin.-References:...

, Czechyń

Czechyn

Czechyń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Czepiec

Czepiec, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Czepiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Dębołęka, Dobino, Dobrogoszcz, Dobrzyca, Dobrzyca Leśna

Dobrzyca Lesna

Dobrzyca Leśna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland....

, Dzikowo, Glinki

Glinki, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Glinki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.-References:...

, Głowaczewo, Golce

Golce, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Golce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin.-References:...

, Górnica

Górnica, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Górnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin.-References:...

, Gostomia

Gostomia, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Gostomia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Iłowiec, Jarogniewie

Jarogniewie

Jarogniewie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.-References:...

, Jeziorko

Jeziorko, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Jeziorko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Karsibór, Kłębowiec, Kłosowo, Kołatnik, Kolno, Łąki, Laski Wałeckie, Lipie, Lubno

Lubno, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Lubno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin.-References:...

, Ługi Wałeckie, Morzyca, Nagórze

Nagórze, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Nagórze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately west of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Nakielno

Nakielno

Nakielno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately west of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Nowa Szwecja

Nowa Szwecja, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Nowa Szwecja is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin.-References:...

, Olszynka

Olszynka, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Olszynka is a part of the town Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.-References:...

, Omulno

Omulno

Omulno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Ostrowiec, Papowo

Papowo, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Papowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.-References:...

, Piława, Pluskota

Pluskota

Pluskota is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Popowo, Prusinówko

Prusinówko

Prusinówko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Prusinowo Wałeckie, Przybkowo, Różewo

Rózewo, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Różewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Rudki

Rudki, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Rudki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin.-References:...

, Rudnica

Rudnica, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Rudnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.-References:...

, Rusinowo, Rutwica, Sitowo

Sitowo

Sitowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin.The village has a population of 60....

, Smoląg

Smolag, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Smoląg is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland....

, Sosnówka

Sosnówka, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Sosnówka is a part of the town Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland....

, Strączno

Straczno

Strączno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately west of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin....

, Świętosław, Szwecja

Szwecja, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Szwecja is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, 1772-1945...

, Wałcz Drugi, Witankowo

Witankowo

Witankowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin....

 and Zdbice

Zdbice

Zdbice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wałcz is bordered by the town of Wałcz and by the gminas of Czaplinek

Gmina Czaplinek

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

, Człopa, Jastrowie

Gmina Jastrowie

Gmina Jastrowie is an urban-rural gmina in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Jastrowie, which lies approximately north-west of Złotów and north of the regional capital Poznań....

, Mirosławiec, Szydłowo, Trzcianka

Gmina Trzcianka

Gmina Trzcianka is an urban-rural gmina in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland...

, Tuczno

Gmina Tuczno

Gmina Tuczno is an urban-rural gmina in Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuczno, which lies approximately south-west of Wałcz and east of the regional capital Szczecin....

 and Wierzchowo

Gmina Wierzchowo

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

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