Gmina Brusy
Gmina Brusy is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Brusy, which lies approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) north-east of Chojnice and 80 km (50 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.
The gmina covers an area of 400.74 square kilometres (154.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 13,129, of which the population of Brusy is 4,582, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,547.
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Zaborski Landscape Park.
Villages
Apart from the town of Brusy, Gmina Brusy contains the villages and settlements of Antoniewo, Asmus, Broda, Brusy Wybudowanie, Brusy-Jaglie, Chłopowy, Czapiewice, Czapiewice Wybudowanie, Czarniż, Czarnowo, Czernica, Czyczkowy, Czyczkowy Wybudowanie, Dąbrówka, Gacnik, Gapowo, Giełdon, Główczewice, Huta, Kaszuba, Kaszuba Leśna, Kinice, Kosobudy, Krównia, Kruszyn, Kubinowo, Lamk, Laska, Lendy, Leśno, Lubnia, Małe Chełmy, Małe Gliśno, Męcikał, Męcikał-Struga, Młynek, Okręglik, Orlik, Parowa, Parzyn, Peplin, Pokrzywno, Przymuszewo, Rolbik, Rudziny, Skoszewo, Spierwia, Turowiec, Wawrzyn, Widno, Wielkie Chełmy, Windorp, Wysoka Zaborska, Żabno, Zalesie and Zimna Kawa.
Brusy
Brusy [ˈbrusɨ] (Kashubian: Brusë ;German: Bruß) is a town located in the Polish Pomeranian Voivodeship. It became a town in 1988.
History
Since the 19th century Brusy was an important center of the Kashub movement. In 2007, the ninth Congress of Kashubians was held here, and in 2012, the annual Kashubian Unity Day celebration was conducted here. A Kashubian Secondary School is also located in the town.
During World War II, the secret military organization Pomeranian Griffin (Gryf Pomorski) operated in the Brusy area under the leadership of Colonel Józef Wrycza, who was also a Roman Catholic priest. Brusy was also was the location of the Nazis' Brusy concentration camp, a satellite of the Stutthof concentration camp.
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Coordinates: 53°53′N 17°43′E / 53.883°N 17.717°E
Brusy railway station
Brusy is a PKP railway station in Brusy (Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland.
Lines crossing the station
References
Coordinates: 53°52′56.8″N 17°43′40.01″E / 53.882444°N 17.7277806°E
