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Gmina Wejherowo is a rural
gmina
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(administrative district) in
Wejherowo County,
Pomeranian Voivodeship
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Th ...
, in northern
Poland
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. Its seat is the town of
Wejherowo, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 18,688.
The gmina contains part of the
protected area
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called
Tricity Landscape Park
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The Park lies within the Pomeranian Voivodeship, in Wejherowo County (Gmi ...
.
Villages
Gmina Wejherowo contains the villages and settlements of
Biała,
Białasowizna,
Bieszkowice,
Bolszewo,
Borowo,
Burch Burch may refer to:
People
* Burch (surname)
Places
;In the United States
* Burch, Missouri
* Burch, North Carolina
* Burch, West Virginia
;Elsewhere
* Burch, Poland
See also
*'' Burch v. Louisiana''
* Birch (disambiguation)
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,
Cierżnia,
Gacyny,
Głodówko,
Gniewowo,
Góra
Góra (german: Guhrau) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the administrative seat both of Góra County and of the smaller district (gmina) called Gmina Góra.
Geography
The town is located within the historic Low ...
,
Gościcino,
Gwizdówka,
Kąpino,
Kniewo,
Kotłówka,
Krystkowo,
Łężyce,
Małe Gowino,
Marianowo,
Miga
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,
Młynki,
Nowiny,
Nowy Dwór Wejherowski,
Orle Orle may refer to:
Places
* Orle, Grudziądz County, a village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland
* Orle, Nakło County, a village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland
* Orle, Radziejów County, a villag ...
,
Paradyż,
Pętkowice,
Piecewo,
Pińskie,
Pnie,
Polnica,
Prajsów,
Prymków,
Pryśniewo,
Reszki,
Rogulewo,
Sopieszyno
Sopieszyno (in Kashubian ''Sopieszëno'') is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wejherowo, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Wejherowo and north-west of the regi ...
,
Sopieszyno-Wybudowanie,
Ustarbowo,
Warszkowo,
Warszkowski Młyn,
Wielkie Gowino,
Wosów,
Wygoda,
Wyspowo,
Zamostne,
Zbychowo,
Zielony Dwór and
Zybertowo.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Wejherowo is bordered by the towns of
Gdynia
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,
Reda,
Rumia and
Wejherowo, and by the gminas of
Gniewino,
Krokowa,
Luzino,
Puck and
Szemud.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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