Gmina Tuchola 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 Tuchola County

Tuchola County

Tuchola County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central 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 Tuchola, which...

, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

-Transportation:Transportation infrastructure is of critical importance to the voivodeship's economy. Kuyavia-Pomerania is a major node point in the Polish transportation system. Railway lines from the South and East pass through Bydgoszcz in order to reach the major ports on the Baltic Sea...

, in north-central 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 Tuchola

Tuchola

Tuchola is a town in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship in northern Poland. The Pomeranian town, which had a population of 13,976 as of 2004, is located close to the Tuchola Forests about 7t0 km north of Bydgoszcz, and is the seat of Tuchola County...

, which lies approximately 55 kilometres (34 mi) north of Bydgoszcz.

The gmina covers an area of 239.43 square kilometres (92.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 20,076 (out of which the population of Tuchola amounts to 13,935, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,141).

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 Tuchola Landscape Park

Tuchola Landscape Park

Tuchola Landscape Park is a protected area in north-central Poland, established in 1985, covering an area of in the Tuchola Forests close to the town of Tuchola....

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Villages

Apart from the town of Tuchola, Gmina Tuchola contains the villages and settlements of Barłogi, Biała, Białowieża, Bielska Struga

Bielska Struga

Bielska Struga is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Bladowo

Bladowo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Bladowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.The village has a population of 330....

, Bladowo-Wybudowanie

Bladowo-Wybudowanie

Bladowo-Wybudowanie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Borki

Borki, Tuchola County

Borki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Brody

Brody, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Brody is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Dąbrówka

Dabrówka, Tuchola County

Dąbrówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.The village has a population of 40....

, Dziekcz

Dziekcz

Dziekcz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.The village has a population of 51....

, Fojutowo

Fojutowo

Fojutowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Huby

Huby, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Huby is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.The village has a population of 56....

, Jaty

Jaty

Jaty is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Jesionowo

Jesionowo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Jesionowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Kiełpin, Kiełpin-Wymysłowo, Klocek

Klocek, Poland

Klocek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.The village has a population of 50....

, Końskie Błota, Koślinka

Koslinka, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Koślinka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Lasek

Lasek, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Lasek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Legbąd

Legbad

Legbąd is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.The village has a population of 470....

, Lipce

Lipce, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Lipce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Łosiny, Lubierzyn

Lubierzyn

Lubierzyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland....

, Mała Komorza, Mały Mędromierz, Mrowiniec

Mrowiniec

Mrowiniec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Na Polach

Na Polach

Na Polach is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.The village has a population of 47....

, Nad Bladówkiem

Nad Bladówkiem

Nad Bladówkiem is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Nad Kanałem, Nadolna Karczma

Nadolna Karczma

Nadolna Karczma is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.The village has a population of 53....

, Nadolnik

Nadolnik, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Nadolnik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.The village has a population of 53....

, Niwki

Niwki, Tuchola County

Niwki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.-References:...

, Nowa Tuchola

Nowa Tuchola

Nowa Tuchola is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland...

, Ostrów

Ostrów, Tuchola County

Ostrów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Parcele Legbądzkie

Parcele Legbadzkie

Parcele Legbądzkie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Pod Komorzą

Pod Komorza

Pod Komorzą is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.The village has a population of 100....

, Pod Lasem

Pod Lasem, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pod Lasem is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.The village has a population of 31....

, Raciąski Młyn, Raciąż

Raciaz, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Raciąż is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.The village has a population of 756....

, Raciąż-Piaski

Raciaz-Piaski

Raciąż-Piaski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Radonek

Radonek

Radonek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Rzepiczna

Rzepiczna

Rzepiczna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Słupy, Stegny

Stegny, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Stegny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Stobno

Stobno, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Stobno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Szosa Bydgoska

Szosa Bydgoska

Szosa Bydgoska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.The village has a population of 135....

, Szosa Sępoleńska

Szosa Sepolenska

Szosa Sępoleńska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Tajwan

Tajwan, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Tajwan is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. People live there. It lies approximately north of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

, Trzcionek

Trzcionek

Trzcionek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.The village has a population of 29....

, Wielka Komorza

Wielka Komorza

Wielka Komorza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Wiśniówka

Wisniówka, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Wiśniówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.The village has a population of 66....

, Woziwoda

Woziwoda

Woziwoda is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.The village has a population of 40....

, Wybudowanie Raciąskie

Wybudowanie Raciaskie

Wybudowanie Raciąskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Wysocki Młyn, Wysoka

Wysoka, Gmina Tuchola

Wysoka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.-References:...

, Wysoka Wieś

Wysoka Wies, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Wysoka Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.The village has a population of 110....

, Za Jeziorem

Za Jeziorem

Za Jeziorem is a former settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.-References:...

, Zielona Łąka and Zielonka

Zielonka, Gmina Tuchola

Zielonka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Tuchola is bordered by the gminas of Cekcyn

Gmina Cekcyn

Gmina Cekcyn is a rural gmina in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Cekcyn, which lies approximately east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Chojnice

Gmina Chojnice

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

, Czersk

Gmina Czersk

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

, Gostycyn

Gmina Gostycyn

Gmina Gostycyn is a rural gmina in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gostycyn, which lies approximately south of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz....

, Kęsowo

Gmina Kesowo

Gmina Kęsowo is a rural gmina in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Kęsowo, which lies approximately south-west of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz....

 and Śliwice

Gmina Sliwice

Gmina Śliwice is a rural gmina in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Śliwice, which lies approximately north-east of Tuchola and north of Bydgoszcz....

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