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Gmina Olecko 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
Olecko County
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Olecko County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland. Its administrative seat and only town is Olecko, which lies east of the regional capital Olsztyn.
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, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern
Poland
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. Its seat is the town of
Olecko
Olecko (former since 1560, colloquially also , since 1928) is a town in northeastern Poland. It is in Masuria, near Ełk and Suwałki, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It is at the mouth of the Lega (river), Lega river which flows into the G ...
, which lies approximately 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 21,413 (out of which the population of Olecko amounts to 16,169, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,244).
Villages
Apart from the town of Olecko, Gmina Olecko contains the villages and settlements of
Babki Gąseckie,
Babki Oleckie,
Biała Olecka,
Borawskie,
Borawskie Małe,
Dąbrowskie,
Dąbrowskie-Osiedle,
Dobki,
Doliwy,
Duły,
Gąski,
Giże,
Gordejki,
Gordejki Małe,
Imionki,
Imionki PKP,
Jaśki,
Judziki,
Kijewo,
Kolonia Olecko,
Kukowo,
Łęgowo,
Lenarty,
Lipkowo,
Możne,
Olszewo,
Pieńki,
Plewki,
Przytuły,
Raczki Wielkie,
Rosochackie,
Sedranki,
Skowronki,
Ślepie,
Świdry,
Szczecinki,
Wólka Kijewska,
Zabielne,
Zajdy,
Zatyki and
Zielonówek.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Olecko is bordered by the gminas of
Bakałarzewo,
Ełk
Ełk is a city in northeastern Poland with 61,677 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the seat of Ełk County in the Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship. It lies on the shore of Ełk Lake, which was formed by a glacier, and is surrounded by extensiv ...
,
Filipów,
Kalinowo,
Kowale Oleckie,
Świętajno and
Wieliczki.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Olecko
Olecko (former since 1560, colloquially also , since 1928) is a town in northeastern Poland. It is in Masuria, near Ełk and Suwałki, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It is at the mouth of the Lega (river), Lega river which flows into the G ...
Olecko County