Gmina Żukowo 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 Kartuzy County

Kartuzy County

Kartuzy County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Pomeranian 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 Kartuzy, which lies west...

, 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 town of Żukowo

Zukowo

Żukowo is a town in Kartuzy County, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of northern Poland, with 6,236 inhabitants . It is located along the Radunia river in the historic Pomerelia region, about southwest of Gdańsk....

, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) east of Kartuzy

Kartuzy

Kartuzy is a town in the historic Eastern Pomerania region of northwestern Poland, located about west of Gdańsk with a population of 15,472...

 and 18 km (11 mi) west 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 163.95 square kilometres (63.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 25,405 (out of which the population of Żukowo amounts to 6,302, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 19,103).

Villages

Apart from the town of Żukowo, Gmina Żukowo contains the villages and settlements of Babi Dół, Banino

Banino

Banino is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Żukowo, north-east of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Barniewice

Barniewice, Kartuzy County

Barniewice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Żukowo, north-east of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Borkowo

Borkowo, Kartuzy County

Borkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Żukowo, east of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Borowiec

Borowiec, Gmina Zukowo

Borowiec is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Żukowo, north-east of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Chwaszczyno

Chwaszczyno

Chwaszczyno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Żukowo, north-east of Kartuzy, and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Czaple

Czaple, Kartuzy County

Czaple is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Żukowo, east of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Elżbietowo

Elzbietowo

Elżbietowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Żukowo, east of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Glincz

Glincz

Glincz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Żukowo, east of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Łapino Kartuskie, Leźno

Lezno

Leźno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Żukowo, east of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Lniska

Lniska

Lniska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Żukowo, east of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Małkowo, Miszewko

Miszewko, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Miszewko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Żukowo, north-east of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Miszewo

Miszewo, Kartuzy County

Miszewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Żukowo, north-east of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Niestępowo

Niestepowo

Niestępowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Żukowo, east of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Nowy Świat

Nowy Swiat, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Nowy Świat is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Żukowo, north-east of Kartuzy, and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Otomino

Otomino

Otomino is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Żukowo, east of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Pępowo

Pepowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pępowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Żukowo, east of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Piaski

Piaski, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Piaski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.- References :...

, Przyjaźń

Przyjazn, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Przyjaźń is a village in the gmina of Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Rębiechowo

Rebiechowo, Kartuzy County

Rębiechowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Żukowo, north-east of Kartuzy, and west of central Gdańsk...

, Rutki

Rutki, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Rutki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Żukowo, east of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Skrzeszewo Żukowskie

Skrzeszewo Zukowskie

Skrzeszewo Żukowskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Stara Piła, Sulmin

Sulmin

Sulmin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Żukowo, east of Kartuzy, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Tuchom

Tuchom

Tuchom is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Żukowo, north-east of Kartuzy, and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Widlino

Widlino, Kartuzy County

Widlino is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Żukowo, east of Kartuzy, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

 and Żukowo-Wieś

Zukowo-Wies

Żukowo-Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żukowo, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Żukowo is bordered by the towns of 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...

 and Gdynia

Gdynia

Gdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together...

, and by the gminas of Kartuzy

Gmina Kartuzy

Gmina Kartuzy is an urban-rural gmina in Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Kartuzy, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Kolbudy

Gmina Kolbudy

Gmina Kolbudy is a rural gmina in Gdańsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Kolbudy, which lies approximately west of Pruszcz Gdański and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Przodkowo

Gmina Przodkowo

Gmina Przodkowo is a rural gmina in Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Przodkowo, which lies approximately north-east of Kartuzy and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Przywidz

Gmina Przywidz

Gmina Przywidz is a rural gmina in Gdańsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Przywidz, which lies approximately west of Pruszcz Gdański and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Somonino

Gmina Somonino

Gmina Somonino is a rural gmina in Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Somonino, which lies approximately south of Kartuzy and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

 and Szemud

Gmina Szemud

Gmina Szemud is a rural gmina in Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Szemud, which lies approximately south of Wejherowo and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

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