| Gmina Ruciane-Nida Ruciane-Nida Commune | ||
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| Coordinates(Ruciane-Nida): 53°38′33″N21°32′57″E / 53.64250°N 21.54917°E Coordinates: 53°38′33″N21°32′57″E / 53.64250°N 21.54917°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian | |
| County | Pisz | |
| Seat | Ruciane-Nida | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 357.74 km2 (138.12 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006) | ||
| • Total | 8,627 | |
| • Density | 24/km2 (62/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 4,894 | |
| • Rural | 3,733 | |
| Website | http://www.ruciane-nida.pl/ | |
Gmina Ruciane-Nida is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Pisz County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Ruciane-Nida, which lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) west of Pisz and 71 km (44 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn.
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".
Pisz County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian 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 Pisz, which lies 88 kilometres (55 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn. The county contains three other towns: Orzysz, 24 km (15 mi) north-east of Pisz, Ruciane-Nida, 17 km (11 mi) west of Pisz, and Biała Piska, 18 km (11 mi) east of Pisz.
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship or Warmia-Masuria Province or Warmia-Mazury Province, is a voivodeship (province) in northeastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn. The voivodeship has an area of 24,192 km2 (9,341 sq mi) and a population of 1,427,091.
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The gmina covers an area of 357.74 square kilometres (138.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,627 (out of which the population of Ruciane-Nida amounts to 4,894, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,733).
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Masurian 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.
Masurian Landscape Park is a designated Polish Landscape Park protected area within Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
