Gmina Nowe Warpno Explained

Gmina Nowe Warpno
Other Name:Nowe Warpno Commune
Settlement Type:Gmina
Total Type:Total
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:West Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Police
Area Total Km2:197.07
Population Total:1534
Population As Of:2006
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:1170
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:364
Coor Pinpoint:Nowe Warpno
Coordinates:53.7167°N 30°W
Seat:Nowe Warpno
Website:http://www.nowewarpno.pl/

Gmina Nowe Warpno is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, on the German border. Its seat is the town of Nowe Warpno, which lies approximately 29km (18miles) north-west of Police and 400NaN0 north-west of the regional capital Szczecin.

The gmina covers an area of 197.07km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 1,534 (out of which the population of Nowe Warpno amounts to 1,170, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 364).

Villages

Apart from the town of Nowe Warpno, Gmina Nowe Warpno contains the villages and settlements of Brzózki, Maszkowo, Mszczuje, Myślibórz Mały, Myślibórz Wielki, Popielewo, Trzebieradz and Warnołęka.

Tourism

The most interesting places are Szczecin Lagoon, Puszcza Wkrzańska Forest and an old architecture in Nowe Warpno and villages in the area, e.g. Assumption of Mary Church in Nowe Warpno (15th century), the town hall in Nowe Warpno built in 1697 and Black Madonna of Częstochowa Church in Warnołęka (18th century).

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Nowe Warpno is bordered by the city of Świnoujście and by the gminas of Police and Stepnica. It also borders Germany.

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