| Gmina Mrocza Mrocza Commune | ||
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| Coordinates(Mrocza): 53°14′33″N17°35′56″E / 53.24250°N 17.59889°E Coordinates: 53°14′33″N17°35′56″E / 53.24250°N 17.59889°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | |
| County | Nakło | |
| Seat | Mrocza | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 150.71 km2 (58.19 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006) | ||
| • Total | 9,141 | |
| • Density | 61/km2 (160/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 4,203 | |
| • Rural | 4,938 | |
| Website | http://www.mrocza.pl/ | |
Gmina Mrocza is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nakło County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Mrocza, which lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north of Nakło nad Notecią and 31 km (19 mi) north-west 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".
Nakło 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 Nakło nad Notecią, which lies 28 km (17 mi) west of Bydgoszcz and 70 km (43 mi) west of Toruń. The county contains three other towns: Szubin, lying 18 km (11 mi) south-east of Nakło nad Notecią, Kcynia, lying 18 km (11 mi) south-west of Nakło nad Notecią, and Mrocza, 12 km (7 mi) north of Nakło nad Notecią.
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 150.71 square kilometres (58.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 9,141 (out of which the population of Mrocza amounts to 4,203, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,938).
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Krajna 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.
Krajna Landscape Park is a protected area in the Krajna region of north-central Poland. The Park was established in 1998, and covers an area of 543.95 square kilometres (210.02 sq mi).
