| Gmina Zbiczno Zbiczno Commune | ||
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| Coordinates(Zbiczno): 53°20′4″N19°22′32″E / 53.33444°N 19.37556°E Coordinates: 53°20′4″N19°22′32″E / 53.33444°N 19.37556°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | |
| County | Brodnica | |
| Seat | Zbiczno | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 132.9 km2 (51.3 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011 [1] ) | ||
| • Total | 4,719 | |
| • Density | 36/km2 (92/sq mi) | |
| Website | Archive | |
Gmina Zbiczno is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Zbiczno, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Brodnica and 61 km (38 mi) north-east 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".
Brodnica 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 Brodnica, which lies 58 km (36 mi) north-east of Toruń and 95 km (59 mi) east of Bydgoszcz. The county also contains the towns of Jabłonowo Pomorskie, lying 23 km (14 mi) north-west of Brodnica, and Górzno, 18 km (11 mi) east of Brodnica.
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 132.9 square kilometres (51.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,467 (4,719 in 2011).
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Brodnica 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.
Brodnica Landscape Park is a protected area in north-central Poland, established in 1985, covering an area of 136.74 square kilometres (52.80 sq mi).
