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Gmina Biała (Gemeinde Zülz) is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in

Prudnik County __NOTOC__ Prudnik County ( pl, powiat prudnicki) 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 ...

Opole Voivodeship Opole Voivodeship, or Opole Province ( pl, województwo opolskie ), is the smallest and least populated voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole. It is part of Upper Si ...

, in

Upper Silesia Upper Silesia ( pl, Górny Śląsk; szl, Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; cs, Horní Slezsko; german: Oberschlesien; Silesian German: ; la, Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, locate ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

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

Prudnik Prudnik (, szl, Prudnik, Prōmnik, german: Neustadt in Oberschlesien, Neustadt an der Prudnik, la, Prudnicium) is a town in southern Poland, located in the southern part of Opole Voivodeship near the border with the Czech Republic. It is the ...

and south-west of the regional capital Opole. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 10,586. Since 2006 the commune, like much of the area, has been bilingual in German and Polish.

Villages

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

* Kolnowice * Krobusz * Łącznik * Laskowiec * Ligota Bialska * Miłowice *

Mokra Mokra may refer to the following places: * Mokra, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) * Mokra, Silesian Voivodeship (south Poland) * Mokra, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (south-central Poland) * Mokra, Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland ...

* Nowa Wieś Prudnicka * Ogiernicze * Olbrachcice * Otoki * Pogórze *

Prężyna Prężyna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biała, within Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Historically located in Upper Silesia, in the Prudnik Land. Geography It lies approximately south-west o ...

* Radostynia * Rostkowice * Śmicz * Solec * Wasiłowice * Wilków * Żabnik

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Biała is bordered by the gminas of

Głogówek Głogówek (pronounced , German: ''Oberglogau'', cs, Horní Hlohov, szl, Gogōwek) is a small historic town in southern Poland. It is situated on the Osobloga River, in Opole Voivodeship of the greater Silesian region. The city lies approximat ...

Korfantów Korfantów (german: Friedland in Oberschlesien, szl, Fyrlōnd), formerly known in Polish as Fryląd, is a town in the Opole Voivodeship of southwestern Poland, with 1,808 inhabitants (2019). In 1946 the town was renamed in honour of politician a ...

, Lubrza, Prószków,

and Strzeleczki.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Biała is twinned with: *

Marienheide Marienheide is a municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Marienheide is located about 50 km east of Cologne. Neighbouring places The neighbouring towns are Gummersbach and Wipperfürth as well ...

, Germany *

Město Albrechtice Město Albrechtice (german: Olbersdorf) is a town in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,400 inhabitants. It is the largest municipality in the Osoblažsko microregion. Administrative parts Vil ...

, Czech Republic * Vlčice, Czech Republic

References

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