Gmina Police | |
Other Name: | Police 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: | 251.42 |
Population Total: | 41417 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 34284 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 7133 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Police |
Coordinates: | 53.5333°N 48°W |
Seat: | Police |
Website: | http://www.police.pl/ |
Gmina Police 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 Police, which lies approximately 13km (08miles) north of the regional capital Szczecin.
The gmina covers an area of 251.42km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 41,417 (out of which the population of Police amounts to 34,284, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,133).
Apart from the town of Police, Gmina Police contains the villages and settlements of Bartoszewo, Dębostrów, Dobieszczyn, Drogoradz, Gunice, Karpin, Leśno Górne, Mazańczyce, Niekłończyca, Nowa Jasienica, Pienice, Pilchowo, Podbrzezie, Poddymin, Przęsocin, Siedlice, Sierakowo, Stare Leśno, Stary Dębostrów, Tanowo, Tatynia, Trzebież, Trzeszczyn, Turznica, Uniemyśl, Węgornik, Wieńkowo, Witorza, Zalesie and Żółtew.
Gmina Police is bordered by the city of Szczecin and by the gminas of Dobra, Goleniów, Nowe Warpno and Stepnica. It also borders Germany.