__NOTOC__ Gmina Giżycko 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

Giżycko County __NOTOC__ Giżycko County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms of 1998. ...

, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. Its seat is the town of

Giżycko Giżycko (former or ''Łuczany''; ) is a town in northeastern Poland with 28,597 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is situated between Lake Kisajno and Lake Niegocin in the region of Masuria, within the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It is ...

, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. Kruklin VIII 2009

The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,671.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Giżycko is bordered by the town of

and by the gminas 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 ...

, Kruklanki, Miłki, Pozezdrze, Ryn,

Węgorzewo Węgorzewo (until 1946 ; ) is a tourist town on the Angrapa River in northeastern Poland, within the historical region of Masuria. It is the seat of Węgorzewo County in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship and is located not far from the border ...

and Wydminy.

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 gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. ...

: Antonowo, Bogacko, Bogaczewo, Bystry, Doba, Gajewo, Grajwo, Guty, Kąp, Kamionki, Kożuchy Wielkie, Kruklin, Pieczonki, Pierkunowo, Sołdany, Spytkowo, Sterławki Małe, Sulimy, Szczybały Giżyckie, Świdry, Upałty, Upałty Małe, Wilkasy, Wilkaski, Wronka and Wrony. There are also 12 villages without sołectwo status: Wola Bogaczkowska, Dziewiszewo, Fuleda, Kożuchy Małe, Nowe Sołdany, Zielony Gaj, Sterławki Średnie, Gorazdowo, Strzelce, Kalinowo, Piękna Góra and Wrony Nowe.

References

Polish official population figures 2006
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