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Gmina Chojna is an urban-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
Gryfino County
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Gryfino County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the German border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local go ...
,
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
West Pomeranian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals , and in 2021, it was inhabited by 1,682,003 people.
It was established on 1 Janua ...
, in north-western
Poland
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, on the
German border. Its seat is the town of
Chojna
Chojna (; "King's Mountain in the Neumark, New March") is a small town in northwestern Poland in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It lies approximately south of Szczecin. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 7,330.
Chojna is loca ...
, which lies approximately south of
Gryfino
Gryfino () is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland, with 21,393 inhabitants (2017). It is the capital of Gryfino County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
The town is located on the Odra Wschodnia, the eastern branch of the Oder river, about ...
and south of the regional capital
Szczecin
Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Poland-Germany border, German border, it is a major port, seaport, the la ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,960 (out of which the population of Chojna amounts to 7,187, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,773).
The gmina contains part of the
protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...
called
Cedynia Landscape Park.
Villages
Apart from the town of Chojna, Gmina Chojna contains the villages and settlements of
Bara,
Barnkowo,
Białęgi,
Boguszczyn,
Brwice,
Czartoryja,
Drozdowo,
Garnowo,
Godków,
Godków-Osiedle,
Grabowo,
Graniczna,
Grzybno,
Jelenin,
Jelonki,
Kaliska,
Kamienny Jaz,
Krajnik Dolny,
Krajnik Górny
Krajnik Górny (German: Hohenkränig) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chojna, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border.
It lies approximately north-west of Ch ...
,
Krupin,
Krzymów,
Kuropatniki,
Łaziszcze,
Lisie Pola,
Lisie Pole,
Mętno,
Mętno Małe,
Narost,
Nawodna,
Ognica,
Ostrów,
Pniewko,
Przyciesie,
Raduń,
Rurka,
Stoki,
Strzelczyn,
Strzeszewko,
Trzeszcze,
Wilcze,
Wilkoszyce and
Zatoń Dolna.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Chojna is bordered by the gminas of
Banie,
Cedynia,
Mieszkowice,
Moryń,
Trzcińsko-Zdrój and
Widuchowa. It also borders
Germany
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.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
{{Gryfino County
Chojna
Chojna (; "King's Mountain in the Neumark, New March") is a small town in northwestern Poland in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It lies approximately south of Szczecin. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 7,330.
Chojna is loca ...
Gryfino County