__NOTOC__ Gmina Biała () is an urban-rural

gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...

(administrative district) in

Prudnik County __NOTOC__ Prudnik County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland, on the Czech border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government ref ...

Opole Voivodeship Opole Voivodeship ( , , ), is the smallest and least populated voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole. It is part of Silesia. A relatively lar ...

, in

Upper Silesia Upper Silesia ( ; ; ; ; Silesian German: ; ) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located today mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic. The area is predominantly known for its heav ...

in southern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. Its seat is the town of Biała, which lies approximately north-east of

Prudnik Prudnik (, , , ) is a town in southern Poland, located in the southern part of Opole Voivodeship near the border with the Czech Republic. It is the administrative seat of Prudnik County and Gmina Prudnik. Its population numbers 21,368 inhabitant ...

and south-west of the regional capital

Opole Opole (; ; ; ) is a city located in southern Poland on the Oder River and the historical capital of Upper Silesia. With a population of approximately 127,387 as of the 2021 census, it is the capital of Opole Voivodeship (province) and the seat of ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 10,586. Since 2006, in addition to the official Polish language, German has also been recognized as an additional secondary language.

Villages

Apart from the town of Biała, Gmina Biała contains the villages and settlements of: *

Browiniec Polski Browiniec Polski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biała, within Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Biała, north-east of Prudnik, and south-west of the regiona ...

* Brzeźnica * Chrzelice * Czartowice * Dębina * Frącki * Górka Prudnicka * Gostomia * Grabina *

Józefów Józefów () is a town in east-central Poland, located in Masovian Voivodeship, in Otwock County. It lies about southeast of Warsaw city centre and is a part of that city's metropolitan area. Located on a picturesque confluence of Vistula and Ś ...

* Kolnowice * Krobusz * Łącznik * Laskowiec * Ligota Bialska * Miłowice * Mokra * Nowa Wieś Prudnicka * Ogiernicze * Olbrachcice * Otoki * Pogórze * Prężyna * Radostynia * Rostkowice * Śmicz * Solec * Wasiłowice * Wilków * Żabnik

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Biała is bordered by the gminas of Głogówek, Korfantów, Lubrza,

Prószków Prószków (, ; ) is a List of cities and towns in Poland, town in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the administrative seat of Gmina Prószków, a Polish/German Bilingual communes in Poland, bilingual commune since 2006. ...

and Strzeleczki.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Biała is twinned with: * Marienheide, Germany * Město Albrechtice, Czech Republic * Vlčice, Czech Republic

References

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