__NOTOC__ Gmina Nowa Karczma () 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

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

Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomeranian Voivodeship ( ; ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk. The voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk Voivo ...

, in northern

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. Its seat is the village of Nowa Karczma, which lies approximately east of

Kościerzyna Kościerzyna (; Pomeranian language, Pomeranian and ; former ) is a town in Kashubia in Gdańsk Pomerania region, northern Poland, with 23,327 inhabitants as of June 2023. It has been the capital of Kościerzyna County in Pomeranian Voivodeship si ...

and south-west of the regional capital

Gdańsk Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2022 its total population is 7,149. The gmina contains part of the

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called

Kashubian Landscape Park Kashubian Landscape Park (, ) is a Landscape Park, a Polish protected area classification, in northern Poland. It represents the natural landscape of and is named after the historic Kashubian culture that existed in this region. Geography The K ...

Villages

Gmina Nowa Karczma contains the villages and settlements of Będomin, Grabówko, Grabowo Kościerskie, Grabowska Huta, Guzy, Horniki, Horniki Dolne, Horniki Górne, Jasionowa Huta, Jasiowa Huta, Kamionki, Liniewko Kościerskie,

Lubań Lubań (; ), sometimes called Lubań Śląski (; , ); is a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwest Poland. It is the administrative seat of Lubań County and also of the smaller Gmina Lubań (although it is not part of the territory ...

, Lubieszynek, Nowa Karczma, Nowe Horniki, Nowy Barkoczyn,

Olszowy Kiesz Olszowy Kierz is a human settlement, settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Nowa Karczma, Gmina Nowa Karczma, No ...

, Rekownica, Skrzydłówko, Skrzydłowo, Śledziowa Huta, Stary Barkoczyn, Szatarpy, Szpon,

Sztofrowa Huta Sztofrowa Huta is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Nowa Karczma, north-east of Kościerzyna, and south-west ...

, Szumleś Królewski, Szumleś Szlachecki, Wielki Kamień, Zielona Wieś and Zimne Zdroje.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Nowa Karczma is bordered by the gminas of

Liniewo Liniewo is a village in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Liniewo. It lies approximately east of Kościerzyna and south-west of the regional capita ...

, Przywidz,

Skarszewy Skarszewy () is a town in Starogard Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania, south of Gdańsk. Population: 6 809 (30 June 2005). In ...

and

Somonino Somonino is a village in Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Somonino. It lies approximately south of Kartuzy and west of the regional capital Gdańsk. I ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006
{{Kościerzyna County Nowa Karczma Kościerzyna County