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