| Gmina Kartuzy Kartuzy Commune | ||
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| Coordinates(Kartuzy): 54°20′N18°12′E / 54.333°N 18.200°E Coordinates: 54°20′N18°12′E / 54.333°N 18.200°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian | |
| County | Kartuzy | |
| Seat | Kartuzy | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 205.28 km2 (79.26 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006) | ||
| • Total | 31,100 | |
| • Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 15,263 | |
| • Rural | 15,837 | |
| Website | http://www.kartuzy.pl/ | |
Gmina Kartuzy is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Kartuzy, which lies approximately 29 kilometres (18 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".
Kartuzy 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 Kartuzy, which lies 29 kilometres (18 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The only other town in the county is Żukowo, lying 11 km (7 mi) east of Kartuzy.
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 205.28 square kilometres (79.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 31,100 (out of which the population of Kartuzy amounts to 15,263, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,837).
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Kashubian 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.
Kashubian Landscape Park is a Landscape Park, a Polish protected area classification, in northern Poland. It represents the natural landscape of and is named after the historic Kashubian culture that existed in this region.
