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Gmina Murów, (German: ''Gemeinde Murow)'' is a rural
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...
(administrative district) in
Opole County
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Opole County () 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 reforms passed in 1998. ...
,
Opole Voivodeship
Opole Voivodeship ( , , ), is the smallest and least populated voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole. It is part of Silesia. A relatively lar ...
, in south-western
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
. Its seat is the village of
Murów (Murow), which lies approximately north of the regional capital
Opole
Opole (; ; ; ) is a city located in southern Poland on the Oder River and the historical capital of Upper Silesia. With a population of approximately 127,387 as of the 2021 census, it is the capital of Opole Voivodeship (province) and the seat of ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 5,306. Since 2009 the commune, like much of the region, has been bilingual in German and Polish.
The gmina contains part of the
protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...
called
Stobrawa Landscape Park.
Villages
The commune contains the villages and settlements of:
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Murów
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Bożejów
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Bukowo
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Czarna Woda
Czarna Woda is a town in Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, with 2,735 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie within Pomerania.
The town's name translates to "Black ...
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Dębiniec
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Grabczok
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Grabice
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Kały
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Kęszyce
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Mańczok
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Młodnik
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Morcinek
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Nowe Budkowice
Nowe Budkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Murów, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship
Opole Voivodeship ( , , ), is the smallest and least populated voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland. The prov ...
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Okoły
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Radomierowice
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Stare Budkowice
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Święciny
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Wojszyn
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Zagwiździe
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Murów is bordered by the gminas of
Dobrzeń Wielki,
Kluczbork,
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 th ...
,
Łubniany,
Pokój and
Wołczyn
Wołczyn () is a town in Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, south-western 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 Silesia.
His ...
.
Twin towns – sister cities
Gmina Murów is
twinned with:
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Vallendar, Germany
References
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Murow
Opole County
Bilingual communes in Poland