Gmina Świętajno 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 Szczytno County

Szczytno County

Szczytno County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Warmian-Masurian 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 Szczytno, which lies...

, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, or Warmia-Masuria Province , is a voivodeship in northeastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn...

, 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 Świętajno

Swietajno, Szczytno County

Świętajno is a village in Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Świętajno. It lies approximately east of Szczytno and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .The village has a...

, which lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) east of Szczytno

Szczytno

Szczytno is a town in north-eastern Poland with 27,970 inhabitants . Previously part of the Olsztyn Voivodeship, Szczytno was assigned to the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in 1999. It is the seat of Szczytno County....

 and 54 km (34 mi) south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn

Olsztyn

Olsztyn is a city in northeastern Poland, on the Łyna River. Olsztyn has been the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999. It was previously in the Olsztyn Voivodeship...

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The gmina covers an area of 279.78 square kilometres (108 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,879.

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 Masurian Landscape Park

Masurian Landscape Park

Masurian Landscape Park is a protected area in northern Poland, established in 1977; covering an area of in the Masurian Lake District....

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Villages

Gmina Świętajno contains the villages and settlements of Biały Grunt, Brzózki

Brzózki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Brzózki is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .-References:...

, Bystrz

Bystrz

Bystrz is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Świętajno, east of Szczytno, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Chajdyce

Chajdyce

Chajdyce is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Świętajno, east of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Chochół, Cis

Cis, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Cis is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Świętajno, east of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Długi Borek, Jerominy

Jerominy

Jerominy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Świętajno, east of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Jerutki

Jerutki

Jerutki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Świętajno, east of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Jeruty

Jeruty

Jeruty is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Świętajno, east of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Kierwik

Kierwik

Kierwik is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Świętajno, east of Szczytno, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Koczek

Koczek

Koczek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Świętajno, east of Szczytno, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Kolonia

Kolonia, Szczytno County

Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Świętajno, east of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Konrady

Konrady

Konrady is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Świętajno, south-east of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Łąck Mały, Łąck Wielki, Myszadło, Niedźwiedzica

Niedzwiedzica, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Niedźwiedzica is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .-References:...

, Nowe Czajki

Nowe Czajki

Nowe Czajki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Świętajno, east of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Piasutno

Piasutno

Piasutno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Połom, Powałczyn, Racibórz

Racibórz, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Racibórz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Świętajno, east of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Spychówko

Spychówko

Spychówko is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Świętajno, east of Szczytno, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Spychowo

Spychowo

Spychowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...

, Spychowski Piec

Spychowski Piec

Spychowski Piec is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .-References:...

, Stare Czajki

Stare Czajki

Stare Czajki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Świętajno, east of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part...

, Świętajno

Swietajno, Szczytno County

Świętajno is a village in Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Świętajno. It lies approximately east of Szczytno and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .The village has a...

, Szklarnia

Szklarnia, Szczytno County

Szklarnia is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately east of Świętajno, east of Szczytno, and east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

 and Zielone

Zielone, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Zielone is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Świętajno, east of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Świętajno is bordered by the gminas of Dźwierzuty

Gmina Dzwierzuty

Gmina Dźwierzuty is a rural gmina in Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Dźwierzuty, which lies approximately north of Szczytno and east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Piecki

Gmina Piecki

Gmina Piecki is a rural gmina in Mrągowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Piecki, which lies approximately south of Mrągowo and east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Rozogi

Gmina Rozogi

Gmina Rozogi is a rural gmina in Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Rozogi, which lies approximately east of Szczytno and east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Ruciane-Nida

Gmina Ruciane-Nida

Gmina Ruciane-Nida is an urban-rural gmina in Pisz County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Ruciane-Nida, which lies approximately west of Pisz and east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

 and Szczytno

Gmina Szczytno

Gmina Szczytno is a rural gmina in Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Szczytno, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

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