Gmina Gołdap

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Gmina Gołdap
Gołdap Commune
—  Gmina  —
Coat of arms of Gmina Gołdap
Coat of arms
Coordinates (Gołdap): 54°18′58″N 22°18′34″E / 54.31611, 22.30944
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Gołdap
Seat Gołdap
Area
 - Total 361.73 km² (139.7 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 19,918
 - Density 55.1/km² (142.6/sq mi)
 - Urban 13,641
 - Rural 6,277
Website: http://www.goldap.pl/

Gmina Gołdap is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gołdap County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, on the border with Russia. Its seat is the town of Gołdap, which lies approximately 133 kilometres (83 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

The gmina covers an area of 361.73 square kilometres (139.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 19,918 (out of which the population of Gołdap amounts to 13,641, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,277).

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Gmina Gołdap is bordered by the gminas of Banie Mazurskie, Dubeninki, Filipów and Kowale Oleckie. It also borders Russia (Kaliningrad oblast).

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