Gmina Cedynia 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 Gryfino County

Gryfino County

Gryfino County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the German border. 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...

, 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...

, on the German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 border. Its seat is the town of Cedynia

Cedynia

Cedynia is a town in Poland, in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in Gryfino County. It lies close to the Oder River, near the border with Germany, and is the westernmost town in Poland...

, which lies approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-west of Gryfino

Gryfino

Gryfino is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland with 22,500 inhabitants . It is also the capital of Gryfino County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship , previously in Szczecin Voivodeship ....

 and 65 km (40 mi) south-west of the regional capital Szczecin

Szczecin

Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....

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The gmina covers an area of 180.38 square kilometres (69.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,343 (out of which the population of Cedynia amounts to 1,653, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,690).

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 Cedynia Landscape Park

Cedynia Landscape Park

Cedynia Landscape Park is a protected area in north-western Poland, bordering Germany. It was established on 1 April 1993, by order of the governor of the then Szczecin Voivodeship. The Park covers an area of...

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Villages

Apart from the town of Cedynia, Gmina Cedynia contains the villages and settlements of Barcie

Barcie, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Barcie is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border....

, Bielinek

Bielinek

Bielinek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-west of Cedynia, south-west of Gryfino, and south-west of the regional capital...

, Czachów

Czachów, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Czachów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-east of Cedynia, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945...

, Golice

Golice, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Golice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south-east of Cedynia, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the...

, Lubiechów Dolny

Lubiechów Dolny

Lubiechów Dolny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north of Cedynia, south-west of Gryfino, and south-west of the regional capital...

, Lubiechów Górny

Lubiechów Górny

Lubiechów Górny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-east of Cedynia, south-west of Gryfino, and south-west of the regional capital...

, Łukowice, Markocin

Markocin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Markocin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north of Cedynia, south-west of Gryfino, and south-west of the regional capital Szczecin.Before...

, Niesułów, Orzechów

Orzechów, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Orzechów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately east of Cedynia, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the...

, Osinów Dolny

Osinów Dolny

Osinów Dolny is Poland's westernmost settlement, in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, on the border with Germany...

, Parchnica

Parchnica

Parchnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately east of Cedynia, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the...

, Piasecznik

Piasecznik, Gryfino County

Piasecznik is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border....

, Piasek

Piasek, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Piasek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north of Cedynia, south-west of Gryfino, and south-west of the regional capital Szczecin.Before...

, Radostów

Radostów, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Radostów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south-east of Cedynia, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945...

, Siekierki

Siekierki, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Siekierki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south of Cedynia, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the...

, Stara Rudnica

Stara Rudnica

Stara Rudnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south of Cedynia, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945...

, Stary Kostrzynek

Stary Kostrzynek

Stary Kostrzynek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south of Cedynia, south-west of Gryfino, and south-west of the regional capital...

, Trzypole

Trzypole

Trzypole is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border....

 and Żelichów

Zelichów, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Żelichów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south-east of Cedynia, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Cedynia is bordered by the gminas of Chojna

Gmina Chojna

Gmina Chojna is an urban-rural gmina in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, on the German border...

, Mieszkowice

Gmina Mieszkowice

Gmina Mieszkowice is an urban-rural gmina in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, on the German border...

 and Moryń

Gmina Moryn

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

. It also borders Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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