__NOTOC__ Gmina Syców is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in

Oleśnica County __NOTOC__ Oleśnica County ( pl, powiat oleśnicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local govern ...

, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

. Its seat is the town of

Syców Syców (german: Groß Wartenberg, until 1888 ''Polnisch Wartenberg'') is a town in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Syców and part of the l ...

, which lies approximately north-east of

Oleśnica Oleśnica (pronounced ; german: Oels; szl, Ôleśnica) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, within the Wrocław metropolitan area. It is the administrative seat of Oleśnica County and also of the rural district of ...

, and north-east of the regional capital

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

. It is part of the

Wrocław metropolitan area The Wrocław metropolitan area is a monocentric agglomeration in the south-western part of Poland, in the Lower Silesian Voivodship, consisting of the city of Wrocław (a global Gamma-level metropolis) and its satellite towns. The population liv ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 16,874.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Syców is bordered by the gminas of Dziadowa Kłoda, Kobyla Góra,

Międzybórz Międzybórz , also known as ''Międzybórz Sycowski'' (german: Neumittelwalde, until 1886 ''Medzibor''), is a town in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district ( gmina) ...

, Perzów and

Twardogóra Twardogóra (pronounced , german: Festenberg) is a historic town in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district ( gmina) called Gmina Twardogóra. It lies approximately no ...

Villages

Apart from the town of

, the gmina contains the villages of Bielawki, Biskupice, Błotnik, Dłusko, Drołtowice, Działosza, Gaszowice, Komorów, Lesieniec, Ligota Dziesławska,

Maliszów Maliszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowala, within Radom County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kowala, south of Radom, and south of Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Wa ...

, Niwki Garbarskie, Nowy Dwór, Nowy Świat, Pawełki, Pawłowice, Radzyna, Ślizów, Stradomia Wierzchnia, Święty Marek, Szczodrów, Trzy Chałupy, Widawki, Wielowieś, Wioska, Wojciechowo Wielkie, Zawada, Zawady and Zieleniec.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Syców is twinned with: * Malsch, Germany

References

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