| Gmina Pełczyce Pełczyce Commune | ||
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| Coordinates(Pełczyce): 53°2′36″N15°18′19″E / 53.04333°N 15.30528°E Coordinates: 53°2′36″N15°18′19″E / 53.04333°N 15.30528°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | West Pomeranian | |
| County | Choszczno | |
| Seat | Pełczyce | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 200.81 km2 (77.53 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006) | ||
| • Total | 8,100 | |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 2,698 | |
| • Rural | 5,402 | |
| Website | http://www.pelczyce.pl/ | |
Gmina Pełczyce is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Choszczno County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Pełczyce, which lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) south-west of Choszczno and 64 km (40 mi) south-east of the regional capital Szczecin.
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".
Choszczno County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western 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 Choszczno, which lies 62 kilometres (39 mi) south-east of the regional capital Szczecin. The county contains three other towns: Recz, 15 km (9 mi) north-east of Choszczno, Pełczyce, 16 km (10 mi) south-west of Choszczno, and Drawno, 24 km (15 mi) east of Choszczno.
West Pomeranian Voivodeship or West Pomerania Province, is a voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the southeast, Lubusz Voivodeship to the south, the German federal-states of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Brandenburg to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin.
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The gmina covers an area of 200.81 square kilometres (77.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,100 (out of which the population of Pełczyce amounts to 2,698, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,402).
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Barlinek-Gorzów 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.
Barlinek-Gorzów Landscape Park is a protected area in north-western Poland, established in 1991, covering an area of 239.8 square kilometres (92.6 sq mi).
