__NOTOC__ Gmina Komprachcice, German: Gemeinde Comprachtschütz is a 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 Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western

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. Its seat is the village of

Komprachcice Komprachcice is a village in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Komprachcice. It lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Opole. Notable peo ...

(Comprachtschütz), which lies approximately south-west 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 9,108. Since 2009 the commune, like much of the area, has been bilingual in German and Polish, and a substantial

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remained after the War.

Administrative divisions

The commune contains the villages and settlements of: *

* Chmielowice *

Domecko Domecko (german: Dometzko) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komprachcice, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. The village has a population of 1,400. History The village was first mentioned in t ...

* Dziekaństwo *

Ochodze Ochodze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komprachcice, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Komprachcice and south-west of the regional capital Opole Opole (; g ...

* Osiny *

Polska Nowa Wieś Polska Nowa Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komprachcice, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Komprachcice and west of the regional capital Opole ...

Pucnik Pucnik (German ''Simsdorf'') is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komprachcice, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Komprachcice and south-west of the regional c ...

Wawelno Wawelno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komprachcice, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Komprachcice and west of the regional capital Opole Opole (; g ...

* Żerkowice

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Komprachcice is bordered by the city of

and by the gminas of Dąbrowa,

Prószków Prószków (, German: Proskau) is a town in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the administrative seat of Gmina Prószków, a Polish/German bilingual commune since 2006. Geography The town is located in the historic Upper ...

and Tułowice.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Komprachcice is twinned with: *

Hasbergen Hasbergen is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Teutoburg Forest, approx. 7 km west of Osnabrück. Hasbergen consists of Hasbergen proper, Gaste and Ohrbeck. The municipality lies p ...

, Germany * Město Albrechtice, Czech Republic

References

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Opole County Bilingual communes in Poland