Gmina Kolbudy

Coordinates: 54°16′15″N 18°28′20″E / 54.27083°N 18.47222°E / 54.27083; 18.47222
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Gmina Kolbudy
Kolbudy Commune
Coat of arms of Gmina Kolbudy
Gmina Kolbudy is located in Poland
Gmina Kolbudy
Gmina Kolbudy (Poland)
Coordinates (Kolbudy): 54°16′15″N 18°28′20″E / 54.27083°N 18.47222°E / 54.27083; 18.47222
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyGdańsk
SeatKolbudy
Area
 • Total82.8 km2 (32.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total17,256[1]
Websitehttp://www.kolbudy.pl

Gmina Kolbudy is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Gdańsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Kolbudy, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) west of Pruszcz Gdański and 15 km (9 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

The gmina covers an area of 82.8 square kilometres (32.0 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 12,042. It is divided into 20 sołectwos.

Its largest and most important village is Kowale.

Villages[edit]

List of villages
Village Population
Babidół 128
Bąkowo 905
Bielkówko 1127
Bielkowo 317
Buszkowy Górne 567
Czapielsk 462
Gołąbkowo No data
Jankowo Gdańskie 954
Kolbudy 3635
Kowale 4536
Krymki No data
Łapino 625
Lisewiec 331
Lublewo Gdańskie 1559
Miechucińskie Chrósty No data
Nowiny 101
Ostróżki 168
Otomin 983
Pręgowo 949
Żmijewo No data

History[edit]

To 1920, the terrain was divided between the counties of Kartuzy and Gdańsk. Similar to the gmina, Kolbudy was also divided into two — The west was called Higher Kolbudy and was owned by Kartuzy while the east was called Lower Kolbudy and was owned by Gdańsk. The river Radunia marked the border.[2]

After the Free City of Danzig became independent, the area was incorporated into it due to a German majority[3] as part of Danziger Höhe. After Germany attacked Poland and annexed the free city, it became part of Nazi Germany until the Soviets liberated it in the East Pomeranian offensive.

On 30 March 1945 the Gdańsk Voivodeship was created and the gmina was incorporated into it. 20 December 1998 Higher and Upper Kolbudy were merged. In 1999 Gmina Kolbudy became part of the newly created Pomeranian Voivodeship, which it is part of to this day.

Neighbouring gminas[edit]

Gmina Kolbudy is bordered by the city of Gdańsk and by the gminas of Pruszcz Gdański, Przywidz, Trąbki Wielkie and Żukowo.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dane Urzędu gminy dot. ludności sołectwa". www.kolbudy.pl. 3 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Historia Kolbud i okolic". kolbudy.pl. Gmina Kolbudy. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. ^ Gołąbek, Eugeniusz (2010). Dzieje okolic Gdańska i Gdyni. Mer Rekowski. p. 214. ISBN 978-83-923671-4-7.