| Gmina Gostycyn Gostycyn Commune | ||
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| Coordinates(Gostycyn): 53°29′21″N17°48′36″E / 53.48917°N 17.81000°E Coordinates: 53°29′21″N17°48′36″E / 53.48917°N 17.81000°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | |
| County | Tuchola | |
| Seat | Gostycyn | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 136.15 km2 (52.57 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006) | ||
| • Total | 5,189 | |
| • Density | 38/km2 (99/sq mi) | |
| Website | http://www.gostycyn.las.pl/ | |
Gmina Gostycyn is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gostycyn, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) south of Tuchola and 44 km (27 mi) north of Bydgoszcz.
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".
Tuchola 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 only town is Tuchola, which lies 55 km (34 mi) north of Bydgoszcz and 81 km (50 mi) north-west of Toruń.
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 136.15 square kilometres (52.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,189.
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Tuchola 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.
Tuchola Landscape Park is a protected area in north-central Poland, established in 1985, covering an area of 369.83 square kilometres (142.79 sq mi) in the Tuchola Forests close to the town of Tuchola.
