Gmina Sępopol

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Gmina Sępopol
Sępopol Commune
—  Gmina  —
Coat of arms of Gmina Sępopol
Coat of arms
Coordinates (Sępopol): 54°16′5″N 21°0′1″E / 54.26806, 21.00028
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Seat Sępopol
Area
 - Total 246.58 km² (95.2 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 6,589
 - Density 26.7/km² (69.2/sq mi)
 - Urban 2,015
 - Rural 4,574
Website: http://free.of.pl/s/sepopol

Gmina Sępopol is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, on the border with Russia. Its seat is the town of Sępopol, which lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) east of Bartoszyce and 63 km (39 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

The gmina covers an area of 246.58 square kilometres (95.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,589 (out of which the population of Sępopol amounts to 2,015, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,574).

[edit] Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Sępopol is bordered by the gminas of Barciany, Bartoszyce and Korsze. It also borders Russia (Kaliningrad oblast).

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