| Gmina Borzytuchom Borzytuchom Commune | |||
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| Coordinates(Borzytuchom): 54°12′2″N17°22′5″E / 54.20056°N 17.36806°E Coordinates: 54°12′2″N17°22′5″E / 54.20056°N 17.36806°E | |||
| Country |  | ||
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian | ||
| County | Bytów | ||
| Seat | Borzytuchom | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 108.57 km2 (41.92 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 2,791 | ||
| • Density | 26/km2 (67/sq mi) | ||
| Website | http://www.borzytuchom.pl | ||
Gmina Borzytuchom is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Borzytuchom, which lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Bytów and 85 km (53 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk.
The gmina is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. As of 2010 there were 2,478 gminy throughout the country. The word gmina derives from the German word Gemeinde, meaning "community".
Bytów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Bytów, which lies 79 kilometres (49 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The only other town in the county is Miastko, lying 37 km (23 mi) west of Bytów.
Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomorskie Region, or Pomerania Province, is a voivodeship, or province, in north-western Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk.
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The gmina covers an area of 108.57 square kilometres (41.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 2,791.
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Słupia Valley Landscape Park.
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international organizations involved.
Słupia Valley Landscape Park is a protected area in northern Poland.
