__NOTOC__ Gmina Otmuchów is an urban-rural

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(administrative district) in

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

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, in south-western

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, on the

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border. Its seat is the town of

Otmuchów Otmuchów (pronounced: ; german: Ottmachau) is a town in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 6,581 inhabitants (2019). Etymology The city was mentioned for the first time as ''Otemochow'' in 1155. It was named in its Old Polish form ''Ot ...

, which lies approximately west of

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and 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 13,559.

Villages

Apart from the town of Otmuchów, Gmina Otmuchów contains the villages and settlements of Broniszowice, Buków, Goraszowice, Grądy, Janowa,

Jarnołtów Jarnołtów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Euro ...

, Jasienica Górna, Jodłów, Kałków,

Kamienna Góra Kamienna Góra (german: Landeshut, cs, Lanžhot or Kamenná Hora, szl, Kamiynnŏ Gōra) is a town in south-western Poland with 19,010 inhabitants (2019). It is the seat of Kamienna Góra County, and also of the rural district called Gmina Kami ...

, Kijów, Kwiatków, Łąka, Laskowice, Lasowice, Ligota Wielka, Lubiatów,

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, Malerzowice Małe, Meszno, Nadziejów, Nieradowice, Pasieki, Piotrowice Nyskie, Ratnowice, Rysiowice, Sarnowice, Siedlec, Śliwice, Starowice, Suszkowice, Ulanowice,

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, Wójcice and Zwanowice.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Otmuchów is bordered by the gminas of

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, Kamiennik,

Paczków Paczków (german: Patschkau; szl, Paczkōw) is a town in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 7,460 inhabitants (2019). It is one of the few towns in Europe in which medieval fortifications have been almost completely preserved.

, Pakosławice and

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. It also borders the

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Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Otmuchów is twinned with: *

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, Germany *

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, France * Javorník, Czech Republic *

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, Ukraine *

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, Italy * Varsány, Hungary

References

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