Gmina Lipusz 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 Kościerzyna County

Koscierzyna County

Kościerzyna 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 only town is Kościerzyna, which lies ...

, 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 village of Lipusz

Lipusz

Lipusz is a village in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Lipusz. It lies approximately west of Kościerzyna and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, which lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of Kościerzyna

Koscierzyna

Kościerzyna is a town in Kashubia in Gdańsk Pomerania region, northern Poland, with some 24,000 inhabitants. It has been the capital of Kościerzyna County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999; previously it was in Gdańsk Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998...

 and 64 km (40 mi) south-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 109.2 square kilometres (42.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,381.

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 Wdydze Landscape Park

Wdydze Landscape Park

Wdydze Landscape Park is a protected area in northern Poland, established in 1983, covering an area of ....

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Villages

Gmina Lipusz contains the villages and settlements of Bałachy, Gostomko

Gostomko

Gostomko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipusz, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Lipusz, north-west of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Jabłuszek Duży, Jabłuszek Mały, Krosewo

Krosewo

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

, Krugliniec

Krugliniec

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

, Lipuska Huta

Lipuska Huta

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

, Lipusz

Lipusz

Lipusz is a village in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Lipusz. It lies approximately west of Kościerzyna and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Papiernia

Papiernia, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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

, Płocice, Płocice-Kula, Śluza

Sluza, Koscierzyna County

Śluza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipusz, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Lipusz, west of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, Szklana Huta

Szklana Huta, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Szklana Huta is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipusz, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Szwedzki Ostrów

Szwedzki Ostrów

Szwedzki Ostrów is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Lipusz, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Lipusz, south-west of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.For details of the history...

, Trawice

Trawice

Trawice is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Lipusz, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Lipusz, south-west of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.In Year 1662 Trawice became...

, Tuszkowy

Tuszkowy

Tuszkowy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipusz, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Lipusz, west of Kościerzyna, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....

 and Wyrówno

Wyrówno

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Lipusz is bordered by the gminas of Dziemiany

Gmina Dziemiany

Gmina Dziemiany is a rural gmina in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Dziemiany, which lies approximately south-west of Kościerzyna and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Kościerzyna

Gmina Koscierzyna

Gmina Kościerzyna is a rural gmina in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Kościerzyna, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, 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 Sulęczyno

Gmina Suleczyno

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

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