__NOTOC__ Gmina Kluczbork is an urban-rural

gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...

(administrative district) in

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

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 S ...

, in south-western

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 populous ...

. Its seat is the town of

Kluczbork Kluczbork (german: Kreuzburg O.S., szl, Kluczborek) is a town in southern Poland with 23,554 inhabitants (2019), situated in the Opole Voivodeship. It is the capital of Kluczbork County and an important railroad junction. In Kluczbork the major ...

, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital

Opole Opole (; german: Oppeln ; szl, Ôpole) ; * Silesian: ** Silesian PLS alphabet: ''Ôpole'' ** Steuer's Silesian alphabet: ''Uopole'' * Silesian German: ''Uppeln'' * Czech: ''Opolí'' * Latin: ''Oppelia'', ''Oppolia'', ''Opulia'' is a city loc ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 35,896. The gmina contains part of the

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

called

Stobrawa Landscape Park Stobrawa Landscape Park (''Stobrawski Park Krajobrazowy'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in south-western Poland, established in 1999, covering an area of in the region of the Stobrawa river. The Park lies within Opole Voivodeship: in ...

Villages

Apart from the town of Kluczbork, Gmina Kluczbork contains the villages and settlements of Bąków,

Bażany Bażany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Kluczbork and north-east of the regional capital Opole. The name of the vil ...

, Biadacz, Bogacica, Bogacka Szklarnia, Bogdańczowice, Borkowice, Czaple Wolne, Gotartów, Krasków,

Krzywizna Krzywizna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north of Kluczbork and north-east of the regional capital Opole Opole (; ge ...

Kujakowice Dolne Kujakowice Dolne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kluczbork and north-east of the regional capital Opole ...

Kujakowice Górne Kujakowice Górne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kluczbork and north-east of the regional capital Opole ...

Kuniów Kuniów (german: Kuhnau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Kluczbork and north-east of the regional capital Opole Op ...

, Ligota Dolna, Ligota Górna,

Ligota Zamecka Ligota Zamecka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kluczbork and north-east of the regional capital Opole O ...

, Łowkowice, Maciejów,

Nowa Bogacica Nowa Bogacica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County __NOTOC__ Kluczbork County ( pl, powiat kluczborski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Opole Voivodeship, ...

, Przybkowice, Smardy Dolne, Smardy Górne, Stare Czaple, Unieszów and Żabiniec.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kluczbork is bordered by the gminas of

Byczyna Byczyna (Latin: ''Bicina'', ''Bicinium''; german: Pitschen) is a town in Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,490 inhabitants as of December 2021. History The town of Byczyna was first mention in 1054 when it temporarily served as ...

Gorzów Śląski Gorzów Śląski (german: Landsberg in Oberschlesien) is a town in Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,452 inhabitants (2019). Notable people * Nathanael Pringsheim (1823–1894), Jewish German botanist *Herbert Weichmann Herbert ...

Lasowice Wielkie Lasowice Wielkie is a village in Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Lasowice Wielkie. It lies approximately south of Kluczbork and north-east of the ...

, Murów, Olesno and

Wołczyn Wołczyn (german: Konstadt) is a town in Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, southern Poland, with 5,907 inhabitants . According to 2011 data, it covers , and is the seat of Gmina Wołczyn. It is located within the historic region of Lower Siles ...

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Kluczbork is twinned with: *

Bad Dürkheim Bad Dürkheim () is a spa town in the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration, and is the seat of the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Bad Dürkheim lies at the edge of Palatinate Forest on the German Win ...

, Germany *

Berezhany Berezhany ( uk, Бережани, ; pl, Brzeżany; yi, ברעזשאַן, Brezhan; he, בּז'יז'אני/בּז'ז'ני ''Bzhezhani''/''Bzhizhani'') is a city in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It lies about fr ...

, Ukraine *

Dzierżoniów Dzierżoniów (; szl, Rychbach; german: Reichenbach im Eulengebirge ) is a town located at the foot of the Owl Mountains in southwestern Poland, within the Lower Silesian Voivodeship (from 1975 to 1998 in the former Wałbrzych Voivodeship). It is ...

, Poland

References

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