__NOTOC__ Gmina Barciany is a rural

gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...

(administrative district) in

Kętrzyn County __NOTOC__ Kętrzyn County () 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 of the Polish local ...

, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern

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, on the border with

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. Its seat is the village of Barciany, which lies approximately north of

Kętrzyn Kętrzyn (, until 1946 ''Rastembork''; ) is a town in northeastern Poland with 27,478 inhabitants (2019). It is the capital of Kętrzyn County in the Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship. The town is known for the surrounding Masurian Lakeland and num ...

and north-east of the regional capital

Olsztyn Olsztyn ( , ) is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with powiat rights, city with county rights. The population of the city was estimated at 169,793 residents Olsz ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,735.

Villages

Gmina Barciany contains the villages and settlements of: * Aptynty * Arklity * Asuny * Barciany * Błędowo * Bobrowo * Cacki * Czaczek * Dębiany * Dobrzykowo * Drogosze * Duje * Frączkowo * Garbnik * Garbno * Gęsie Góry *

Gęsiki Gęsiki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Barciany, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It lies approximately north of Barciany ...

* Gęsiniec Wielki * Glinka * Główczyno * Górki * Gradowo * Gumniska * Kiemławki Małe * Kiemławki Wielkie * Kolwiny * Kotki * Krelikiejmy * Krymławki * Krzeczewo * Kudwiny * Maciejki * Markławka * Markuzy * Michałkowo * Modgarby * Mołtajny * Momajny * Moruny * Niedziałki * Niedziały * Ogródki * Pastwiska * Pieszewo * Piskorze * Podławki * Radoski Dwór * Radosze * Rodele * Rowy *

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* Rutka * Rzymek * Silginy *

Skandawa Skandawa is a village in northern Poland, in the administrative district of Gmina Barciany, Kętrzyn County, and the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It lies north-west of Barciany, north-north-west of Kętrzyn, and north-east of the regional ...

* Skierki * Skoczewo * Sławosze * Solkieniki * Staniszewo * Stary Dwór Barciański *

Suchawa Suchawa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyryki, within Włodawa County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Wyryki, south-west of Włodawa, and north-east of the regional capital Lublin ...

* Święty Kamień * Szaty Wielkie * Taborzec * Wielewo * Wilkowo Małe * Wilkowo Wielkie * Winda * Zalewska Góra

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Barciany is bordered by the gminas of

Korsze Korsze is a town in Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, with 4,005 inhabitants (2022). It is a railroad junction, located along the major Olsztyn- Skandawa line and Ełk- Bartoszyce line. Krzysztof Raczkowsk ...

Sępopol Sępopol () is a town in Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,013 inhabitants in 2016. Sępopol is a member of Cittaslow. History The town is located at an Old Prussian settlement which received town rights in 1351 ...

and

Srokowo Srokowo (until 1946 Dryfort, ) is a village in Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Srokowo ...

. It also borders

(

Kaliningrad oblast Kaliningrad Oblast () is the westernmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of the Russian Federation. It is a Enclave and exclave, semi-exclave on the Baltic Sea within the Baltic region of Prussia (region), Prussia, surrounded by Pola ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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