Gmina Bartoszyce

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Gmina Bartoszyce
Bartoszyce Commune
—  Gmina  —
Coat of arms of Gmina Bartoszyce
Coat of arms
Coordinates (Bartoszyce): 54°15′N 20°48′E / 54.25, 20.8
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Seat Bartoszyce
Area
 - Total 427.82 km² (165.2 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 10,769
 - Density 25.2/km² (65.2/sq mi)
Website: http://www.bartoszyce.ug.gov.pl/

Gmina Bartoszyce is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, on the border with Russia. Its seat is the town of Bartoszyce, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.

The gmina covers an area of 427.82 square kilometres (165.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 10,769.

[edit] Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Bartoszyce is bordered by the town of Bartoszyce and by the gminas of Bisztynek, Górowo Iławeckie, Kiwity, Lidzbark Warmiński and Sępopol. It also borders Russia (Kaliningrad oblast).

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