Gmina Lidzbark Explained

Gmina Lidzbark
Other Name:Lidzbark Commune
Settlement Type:Gmina
Total Type:Total
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Warmian-Masurian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Działdowo
Area Total Km2:255.67
Population Total:14710
Population As Of:2011[1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:8234
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:6476
Coor Pinpoint:Lidzbark
Coordinates:53.2603°N 19.8211°W
Seat:Lidzbark
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:NDZ
Website:http://www.lidzbarkwelski.bil-wm.pl/

Gmina Lidzbark is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Lidzbark, which lies approximately 25km (16miles) west of Działdowo and 740NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn. (This should not be confused with Lidzbark Warmiński, another town in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship).

The gmina covers an area of 255.67km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 14,484 (out of which the population of Lidzbark amounts to 8,261, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,223).

The gmina contains parts of the protected areas called Górzno-Lidzbark Landscape Park and Wel Landscape Park.

Villages

Apart from the town of Lidzbark, Gmina Lidzbark contains the villages and settlements of Adamowo, Bełk, Biernaty, Bladowo, Borki, Borówno, Bryńsk, Bryńsk Szlachecki, Bryńsk-Ostrowy, Chełsty, Cibórz, Ciechanówko, Dębowiec, Glinki, Jamielnik, Jeleń, Kiełpiny, Klonowo, Koty, Kurojady, Lidzbark-Nadleśnictwo, Marszewnica, Miłostajki, Nick, Nowe Dłutowo, Nowy Dwór, Nowy Dwór-Leśniczówka, Nowy Zieluń, Olszewo, Ostrowy, Piaseczno, Podcibórz, Sarnia Góra, Słup, Stare Dłutowo, Tarczyny, Wąpiersk, Wawrowo, Wlewsk, Zalesie, Zdrojek and Zielonka.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Lidzbark is bordered by the gminas of Bartniczka, Brzozie, Górzno, Grodziczno, Lubowidz, Płośnica and Rybno.

References

Notes and References

  1. http://stat.gov.pl/en/topics/population/population/ Demographic Yearbook of Poland 2012