Gmina Bytów 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 Bytów County

Bytów County

Bytów 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 Bytów, which lies west of...

, 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 Bytów

Bytów

Bytów is a town in the Middle Pomerania region of northern Poland in the Bytów Lakeland with 16,888 inhabitants . Previously in Słupsk Voivodeship , it is the capital of Bytów County in Pomeranian Voivodeship .-History:...

, which lies approximately 79 kilometres (49 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 197.44 square kilometres (76.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 23,568 (out of which the population of Bytów amounts to 16,715, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,853).

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 Słupia Valley Landscape Park.

Villages

Apart from the town of Bytów, Gmina Bytów contains the villages and settlements of Brynki Rekowskie

Brynki Rekowskie

Brynki Rekowskie is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Chomice

Chomice, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Chomice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The village has a population of 66....

, Dąbie

Dabie, Gmina Bytów

Dąbie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The village has a population of 188....

, Dąbki

Dabki, Bytów County

Dąbki is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The settlement has a population of 27....

, Gostkowo

Gostkowo, Bytów County

Gostkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The village has a population of 304....

, Grzmiąca

Grzmiaca, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Grzmiąca is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The village has a population of 163....

, Leśno

Lesno, Bytów County

Leśno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The village has a population of 4....

, Mądrzechowo

Madrzechowo

Mądrzechowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The village has a population of 512....

, Mała Wieś, Międzygórze

Miedzygórze, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Międzygórze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The village has a population of 46....

, Mokrzyn

Mokrzyn

Mokrzyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The village has a population of 149....

, Nieczulice

Nieczulice, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Nieczulice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The village has a population of 29....

, Niezabyszewo

Niezabyszewo

Niezabyszewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The village has a population of 810....

, Płotówko, Płotowo, Półczynek, Pomysk Mały, Pomysk Wielki

Pomysk Wielki

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

, Pomyski Młyn, Przyborzyce

Przyborzyce

Przyborzyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The village has a population of 28....

, Pustkowie Rekowskie

Pustkowie Rekowskie

Pustkowie Rekowskie is a former village in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland....

, Pyszno

Pyszno

Pyszno is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Rekowo

Rekowo, Bytów County

Rekowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The village has a population of 380....

, Rzepnica

Rzepnica

Rzepnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The village has a population of 525....

, Sarniak

Sarniak, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Sarniak is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.The settlement has a population of 25....

, Sierżenko

Sierzenko

Sierżenko is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The settlement has a population of 4....

, Sierzno

Sierzno

Sierzno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The village has a population of 153....

, Świątkowo

Swiatkowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Świątkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The village has a population of 151....

, Świerkówko

Swierkówko, Bytów County

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

, Szarzyn

Szarzyn

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

, Udorpie

Udorpie

Udorpie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The village has a population of 757....

, Ząbinowice

Zabinowice

Ząbinowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The village has a population of 368....

 and Zbysław.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Bytów is bordered by the gminas of Borzytuchom

Gmina Borzytuchom

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

, Czarna Dąbrówka

Gmina Czarna Dabrówka

Gmina Czarna Dąbrówka is a rural gmina in Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Czarna Dąbrówka, which lies approximately north of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Lipnica

Gmina Lipnica

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

, Parchowo

Gmina Parchowo

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

, Studzienice

Gmina Studzienice

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

 and Tuchomie

Gmina Tuchomie

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

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