__NOTOC__ Gmina Lipusz () is a rural

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(administrative district) in

Kościerzyna County __NOTOC__ Kościerzyna County (, ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1 ...

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, in northern

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. Its seat is the village of Lipusz, which lies approximately west of

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and south-west of the regional capital

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. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2022 its total population is 3,767. The gmina contains part of the

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called Wdydze Landscape Park. The gmina is twinned with Madawaska Valley, Ontario,

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Villages

Gmina Lipusz contains the villages and settlements of Bałachy, Gostomko, Jabłuszek Duży, Jabłuszek Mały, Krosewo, Krugliniec, Lipuska Huta, Lipusz, Papiernia, Płocice, Płocice-Kula, Śluza, Szklana Huta, Szwedzki Ostrów, Trawice, Tuszkowy and

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 region ...

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Lipusz is bordered by the gminas of Dziemiany,

, Parchowo, Studzienice and Sulęczyno.

References

Polish official population figures 2006

{{Kościerzyna County Lipusz Kościerzyna County