| Gmina Lubraniec Lubraniec Commune | ||
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| Coordinates(Lubraniec): 52°32′31″N18°50′8″E / 52.54194°N 18.83556°E Coordinates: 52°32′31″N18°50′8″E / 52.54194°N 18.83556°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | |
| County | Włocławek County | |
| Seat | Lubraniec | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 148.18 km2 (57.21 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006) | ||
| • Total | 10,003 | |
| • Density | 68/km2 (170/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 3,207 | |
| • Rural | 6,796 | |
| Website | http://www.lubraniec.pl/ | |
Gmina Lubraniec is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Lubraniec, which lies approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) south-west of Włocławek and 57 km (35 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".
Włocławek 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 is the city of Włocławek, although the city is not part of the county. The county contains six towns: Brześć Kujawski, which lies 12 km (7 mi) south-west of Włocławek, Kowal, which lies 15 km (9 mi) south-east of Włocławek, Lubraniec, which lies 19 km (12 mi) south-west of Włocławek, Izbica Kujawska, which lies 33 km (21 mi) south-west of Włocławek, Chodecz, which lies 28 km (17 mi) south of Włocławek, and Lubień Kujawski, 29 km (18 mi) south of Włocławek.
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 148.18 square kilometres (57.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 10,003 (out of which the population of Lubraniec amounts to 3,207, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,796).
