__NOTOC__ Gmina Frombork is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in

Braniewo County __NOTOC__ Braniewo County ( pl, powiat braniewski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the border with Russia. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result ...

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship or Warmia-Masuria Province or Warmia-Mazury Province (in pl, Województwo warmińsko-mazurskie, is a voivodeship (province) in northeastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn. The voivodeship has an ar ...

, in northern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

. Its seat is the town of

Frombork Frombork (; german: Frauenburg ) is a town in northern Poland, situated on the Vistula Lagoon in Braniewo County, within Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. As of December 2021, it has a population of 2,260. The town was first mentioned in a 13th-centur ...

, which lies approximately west of

Braniewo Braniewo () (german: Braunsberg in Ostpreußen, la, Brunsberga, Old Prussian: ''Brus'', lt, Prūsa), is a town in northern Poland, in Warmia, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, with a population of 16,907 as of June 2021. It is the capital ...

and north-west of the regional capital

Olsztyn Olsztyn ( , ; german: Allenstein ; Old Prussian: ''Alnāsteini'' * Latin: ''Allenstenium'', ''Holstin'') is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with county rights. ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 3,791 (out of which the population of Frombork amounts to 2,529, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 1,262).

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Frombork is bordered by the gminas of

Młynary Młynary (german: Mühlhausen in Ostpreußen) is a town in northern Poland, in Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, with 1,782 inhabitants (2018). This makes it the smallest of the 49 towns in the voivodeship. History The town was fo ...

Płoskinia Płoskinia (german: Plaßwich) is a village in Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Płoskinia. It lies approximately south-east of Braniewo and no ...

and Tolkmicko. It also lies next to the

Vistula Lagoon The Vistula Lagoon ( pl, Zalew Wiślany; russian: Калининградский залив, transliterated: ''Kaliningradskiy Zaliv''; german: Frisches Haff; lt, Aistmarės) is a brackish water lagoon on the Baltic Sea roughly 56 miles (90 ...

Villages

The gmina contains the following villages having the status of

sołectwo A sołectwo ( Polish plural: ''sołectwa'') is an administrative unit in Poland, an optional subdivision of a gmina. The actions and organs of the sołectwo are decided by the gmina council. On 31 December 2018 Poland had 40 740 sołectwa. G ...

: Baranówka, Biedkowo, Bogdany, Drewnowo, Jędrychowo, Krzyżewo, Krzywiec, Narusa, Ronin and Wierzno Wielkie. There is also the village of Nowiny, which does not have the status of sołectwo.

References

Polish official population figures 2006
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Braniewo County