| Gmina Górzno Górzno Commune | ||
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| Coordinates(Górzno): 53°12′N19°39′E / 53.200°N 19.650°E Coordinates: 53°12′N19°39′E / 53.200°N 19.650°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | |
| County | Brodnica | |
| Seat | Górzno | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 119.38 km2 (46.09 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011 [1] ) | ||
| • Total | 3,955 | |
| • Density | 33/km2 (86/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1,398 | |
| • Rural | 2,557 | |
| Website | http://www.gorzno.pl/ | |
Gmina Górzno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Górzno, which lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of Brodnica and 72 km (45 mi) east 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".
Brodnica 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 Brodnica, which lies 58 km (36 mi) north-east of Toruń and 95 km (59 mi) east of Bydgoszcz. The county also contains the towns of Jabłonowo Pomorskie, lying 23 km (14 mi) north-west of Brodnica, and Górzno, 18 km (11 mi) east of Brodnica.
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 119.38 square kilometres (46.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,857 (out of which the population of Górzno amounts to 1,362, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,495).
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Górzno-Lidzbark 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.
Górzno-Lidzbark Landscape Park is a protected area in north-central Poland, established in 1990, covering an area of 189.66 square kilometres (73.23 sq mi).
