Gmina Stare Czarnowo

Gmina Stare Czarnowo
Stare Czarnowo Commune
Gmina Stare Czarnowo
Coordinates (Stare Czarnowo): 53°16′54″N 14°46′51″E / 53.28167°N 14.78083°E / 53.28167; 14.78083
Country Poland
VoivodeshipWest Pomeranian
CountyGryfino
SeatStare Czarnowo
Area
  Total
153.17 km2 (59.14 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
  Total
3,871
  Density25/km2 (65/sq mi)
Websitehttp://www.stareczarnowo.pl/

Gmina Stare Czarnowo is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Stare Czarnowo, which lies approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) east of Gryfino and 20 km (12 mi) south-east of the regional capital Szczecin.

The gmina covers an area of 153.17 square kilometres (59.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,871.

The gmina contains part of the protected area called Szczecin Landscape Park.

At the end of November 2007 the mayor of the city of Szczecin, Piotr Krzystek, presented a proposal to incorporate Stare Czarnowo into Szczecin. Eventually, the proposal was not accepted.