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Gmina Kuźnia Raciborska 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
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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, in southern
Poland. Its seat is the town of
Kuźnia Raciborska
Kuźnia Raciborska (german: Ratiborhammer) is a town in Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called vo ...
, which lies approximately north of
Racibórz 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 11,851.
Villages
Apart from the town of Kuźnia Raciborska, Gmina Kuźnia Raciborska contains the villages and settlements of
Budziska,
Jankowice,
Ruda,
Ruda Kozielska,
Rudy,
Siedliska and
Turze.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Kuźnia Raciborska is bordered by the city of
Rybnik and by the gminas of
Bierawa
Bierawa (german: Birawa, 1936-45: Reigersfeld) is a village in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bierawa. It lies approximately south-east o ...
,
Cisek
Cisek (german: Czissek, 1935-45: Friedenau ) is an agricultural village in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Cisek.
It lies approximately s ...
,
Lyski,
Nędza,
Pilchowice,
Rudnik and
Sośnicowice.
Twin towns – sister cities
Gmina Kuźnia Raciborska is
twinned with:
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Kelheim, Germany
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Odry
Odry (; german: Odrau) is a town in Nový Jičín District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,300 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
Admin ...
, Czech Republic
Gallery
File:Siedliska, kříž.jpg, Wayside shrine in Siedliska
File:Ruda, silnice.jpg, Road in Ruda
File:Zamkowa Góra.fot. Jeannette64.JPG, Zamkowa Góra forest
References
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Kuznia Raciborska
Racibórz County