Gmina Gniew

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Gmina Gniew
Coat of arms of Gmina Gniew
Gmina Gniew (Poland)
Gmina Gniew
Gmina Gniew
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Pomerania
Powiat : Tczewski
Geographic location : 53 ° 50 '  N , 18 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 50 '0 "  N , 18 ° 49' 0"  E
Height : 10 m npm
Residents : s. Gmina
Postal code : 83-140
Telephone code : (+48) 58
License plate : GTC
Economy and Transport
Street : DK 1 ( European route 75 ): Cieszyn - Świecie - Danzig
Ext. 230 : Wielgłowy – Cierzpice (–Gniew)
Ext. 234 : Skórcz – Morzeszczyn – Gniew
Rail route : Railway connection shut down
Next international airport : Danzig
Gmina
Gminatype: Urban-and-rural parish
Gmina structure: 28 localities
19 school authorities
Surface: 194.78 km²
Residents: 15,471
(June 30, 2019)
Population density : 79 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ): 2214023
Administration (as of 2012)
Mayor : Maria Gurzynska
Address: pl. Grunwaldzki 1
83-140 Gniew
Website : www.gniew.pl



The Gmina Gniew [ ɡɲef ] is an urban-and-rural municipality in the powiat Tczewski of the Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland . Its seat is the small town of the same name ( German  Mewe ) with about 6800 inhabitants.

geography

The municipality is located in the former West Prussia in the valley of the lower Vistula , 60 kilometers southeast of Gdansk and 30 kilometers north of Grudziądz (Graudenz) .

The municipal area with an area of ​​194.78 km² extends to the left of the Vistula and is crossed from north to south by the state road Droga krajowa 1 . The Wierzyca (heel) also belongs to the waters .

history

After the First World War , the area was ceded to Poland in 1920 and it was part of the Polish Corridor .

The municipality belonged to the Gdansk Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998 .

Partnerships

Gmina Gniew maintains partnerships with the following municipalities:

structure

The urban and rural community has more than 15,000 inhabitants and, in addition to the main town of the same name, is divided into 19 villages with a Schulzenamt:

  • Brody Pomorskie (German Brodden)
  • Ciepłe (Warmhof)
  • Gogolewo
  • Jaźwiska (Jesewitz)
  • Jeleń (Jellen)
  • Kolonia Ostrowicka
  • Kuchnia (kitchen)
  • Kursztyn (Kurstein)
  • Nicponia (Nothing Field)
  • Opalenia (Münsterwalde)
  • Piaseczno (Pehsken)
  • Pieniążkowo (Pienonskowo)
  • Polskie Gronowo (Polish Grünhof)
  • Półwieś (half-village)
  • Rakowiec (Rakowitz)
  • Szprudowo (Sprauden)
  • Tymawa (Thymau)
  • Widlice (Fiedlitz)
  • Wielkie Walichnowy (Groß Falkenau)

A former place is the village of Karwiese, which has merged into the town of Mewe.

Web links

Commons : Gmina Gniew  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .