Gmina Police is an urban-rural
gmina
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(administrative district) in
Police County
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Police County (, ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the Polish-Germany, German border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the ...
,
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
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border. Its seat is the town of
Police
The police are Law enforcement organization, a constituted body of Law enforcement officer, people empowered by a State (polity), state with the aim of Law enforcement, enforcing the law and protecting the Public order policing, public order ...
, which lies approximately north 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 41,417 (out of which the population of Police amounts to 34,284, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,133).
Villages
Apart from the town of Police, Gmina Police contains the villages and settlements of
Bartoszewo,
Dębostrów
Dębostrów (formerly ) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border.
It lies approximately north of Police and north of th ...
,
Dobieszczyn,
Drogoradz,
Gunice,
Karpin,
Leśno Górne,
Mazańczyce,
Niekłończyca,
Nowa Jasienica,
Pienice,
Pilchowo,
Podbrzezie,
Poddymin,
Przęsocin,
Siedlice,
Sierakowo,
Stare Leśno,
Stary Dębostrów,
Tanowo,
Tatynia,
Trzebież,
Trzeszczyn,
Turznica,
Uniemyśl,
Węgornik,
Wieńkowo,
Witorza,
Zalesie and
Żółtew.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Police is bordered by the city of
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 ...
and by the gminas of
Dobra,
Goleniów
Goleniów (; ) is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland with 22,844 inhabitants as of 2011. It is the capital of Goleniów County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The town's area is , and its geographical position is 53°33'N, 14°49'E. It is ...
,
Nowe Warpno and
Stepnica. It also borders
Germany
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.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Police County