Gmina Kościerzyna

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Gmina Kościerzyna is a rural administrative district in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Kościerzyna, but the town itself is not part of the gmina. The gmina covers about 310 square kilometers and had around 13,300 residents in 2006. It includes parts of two protected areas, Kashubian Landscape Park and Wdzydze Landscape Park. The gmina contains many villages and settlements, including Będominek, Nowa Karczma, Nowa Wieś Kościerska and Wdzydze Kiszewskie. It borders the town of Kościerzyna and several other gminas: Dziemiany, Karsin, Liniewo, Lipusz, Nowa Karczma, Somonino, Stara Kiszewa, Stężyca and Sulęczyno.