| Gmina Czaplinek Czaplinek Commune | |||
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| Coordinates(Czaplinek): 53°33′N16°14′E / 53.550°N 16.233°E Coordinates: 53°33′N16°14′E / 53.550°N 16.233°E | |||
| Country |  | ||
| Voivodeship | West Pomeranian | ||
| County | Drawsko | ||
| Seat | Czaplinek | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 364.72 km2 (140.82 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 11,795 | ||
| • Density | 32/km2 (84/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 6,933 | ||
| • Rural | 4,862 | ||
| Website | http://www.czaplinek.pl/ | ||
Gmina Czaplinek is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Czaplinek, which lies approximately 29 kilometres (18 mi) east of Drawsko Pomorskie and 111 km (69 mi) east of the regional capital Szczecin.
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".
Drawsko County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the town of Drawsko Pomorskie, which lies 82 kilometres (51 mi) east of the regional capital Szczecin. The county contains three other towns: Złocieniec, 15 km (9 mi) east of Drawsko Pomorskie, Czaplinek, 29 km (18 mi) east of Drawsko Pomorskie, and Kalisz Pomorski, 29 km (18 mi) south of Drawsko Pomorskie.
West Pomeranian Voivodeship or West Pomerania Province, is a voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the southeast, Lubusz Voivodeship to the south, the German federal-states of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Brandenburg to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin.
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The gmina covers an area of 364.72 square kilometres (140.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 11,795 (out of which the population of Czaplinek amounts to 6,933, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,862).
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Drawsko 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.
Drawsko Landscape Park is a protected area in north-western Poland, established in 1979, covering an area of 414.3 square kilometres (160.0 sq mi).
