| Gmina Bytoń Bytoń Commune | |||
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| Coordinates(Bytoń): 52°34′N18°36′E / 52.567°N 18.600°E Coordinates: 52°34′N18°36′E / 52.567°N 18.600°E | |||
| Country |  | ||
| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | ||
| County | Radziejów | ||
| Seat | Bytoń | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 73.35 km2 (28.32 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 3,790 | ||
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) | ||
Gmina Bytoń is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Radziejów County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bytoń, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Radziejów and 52 km (32 mi) south of Toruń.
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".
Radziejów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central 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 Radziejów, which lies 45 km (28 mi) south of Toruń and 64 km (40 mi) south-east of Bydgoszcz. The only other town in the county is Piotrków Kujawski, lying 10 km (6 mi) south of Radziejów.
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as Cuiavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship or simply Kujawsko-Pomorskie, or Kujawy-Pomerania Province, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. It is situated in mid-northern Poland, on the boundary between the two historic regions from which it takes its name: Kuyavia and Pomerania. Its two chief cities, serving as the province's joint capitals, are Bydgoszcz and Toruń.
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The gmina covers an area of 73.35 square kilometres (28.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,790.
