__NOTOC__ Gmina Krzanowice, German Gemeinde Kranowitz 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

Racibórz County __NOTOC__ Racibórz County ( pl, powiat raciborski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Czech border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polis ...

Silesian Voivodeship Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province ( pl, województwo śląskie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia ('), with Katowice serving as its capital. Despite the Silesian ...

, in southern

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, on the

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border. Its seat is the town of

Krzanowice Krzanowice (german: Kranowitz, from 1936 to 1945 ''Kranstädt'') is a town in Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,157 inhabitants (2019). It lies just a few kilometers from the border with the Czech Republic. Notable people ...

(Kranowitz), which lies approximately south-west of

Racibórz Racibórz (german: Ratibor, cz, Ratiboř, szl, Racibōrz) is a city in Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the administrative seat of Racibórz County. With Opole, Racibórz is one of the historic capitals of Upper Silesia, being t ...

and west of the regional capital

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 5,739. Since 2008 the commune has been bilingual in German and Polish, and has its signs in two languages. These signs celebrate the multicultural past of the region, which was prior to 1945 part of Germany and still maintains a large German population.

Administrative divisions

Apart from the town of Krzanowice, Gmina Krzanowice contains the villages and settlements of

, Bojanów, Borucin, Pietraszyn and Wojnowice.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Krzanowice is bordered by the town of

and by the gminas of Krzyżanowice and Pietrowice Wielkie. It also borders the

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Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Krzanowice is twinned with: * Strahovice, Czech Republic

Gallery

Pietraszyn, dům I.jpg, Street in Pietraszyn Krzanowice, křižovatka.jpg, Street in Krzanowice Borucin (województwo śląskie), ulice.jpg, Street in Borucin

References

{{Racibórz County

Racibórz County