__NOTOC__ Gmina Ujazd, German Gemeinde Ujest is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Strzelce County,

Opole Voivodeship Opole Voivodeship, or Opole Province ( pl, województwo opolskie ), is the smallest and least populated voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole. It is part of Upper Si ...

, 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

Ujazd Ujazd (german: Ujest) is a town in Strzelce County in the Opole Voivodeship in southern Poland. Population 1,647. The town lies on bank of the river Kłodnica. Tourist attractions in the town include the Ujazd Castle (formerly used by bishops ...

(Ujest), which lies approximately south-east of

Strzelce Opolskie Strzelce Opolskie (german: Groß Strehlitz, szl, Wielge Strzelce) is a town in southern Poland with 17,900 inhabitants (2019), situated in the Opole Voivodeship. It is the capital of Strzelce County. Demographics Strzelce Opolskie is one of the ...

and south-east of the regional capital Opole. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 6,418. Since 2006 the commune, like much of the area, has been officially bilingual in German and Polish, a large German population having remained in the area after it was transferred to Polish control.

Villages

The commune contains the villages and settlements of: *

* Balcarzowice * Buczek * Grzeboszowice * Jaryszów * Klucz * Kolonia Jaryszów * Komorniki * Kopanina * Księży Las * Niezdrowice * Nogowczyce * Olszowa * Sieroniowice * Stary Ujazd * Wesołów * Wydzierów * Zimna Wódka

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Ujazd is bordered by the town of

Kędzierzyn-Koźle Kędzierzyn-Koźle (german: Kandrzin-Cosel, szl, Kandrzin-Koźle) is a city in southern Poland, the administrative center of Kędzierzyn-Koźle County. With 58,899 inhabitants as of 2021, it is the second most-populous city in the Opole Voivode ...

and by the gminas of

Leśnica Leśnica (German: ''Leschnitz'', 1936-1945: ''Bergstadt'') is a town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in di ...

Rudziniec Rudziniec (german: Rudzinitz, 1936-1945: Rudgershagen) is a village in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Rudziniec. It lies approximately north-west of Gli ...

and

Toszek Toszek (german: Tost) is a small town in southern Poland. It is situated within Gliwice County in the Silesian Voivodeship (province), and its population was estimated at 3,600 inhabitants in 2019. History The beginning of the settlement and fo ...

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Ujazd is twinned with: *

Bad Lobenstein Bad Lobenstein is a spa town in the Saale-Orla-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany with a population of about 6,000 inhabitants. Until 2005, the town was named Lobenstein. The town, grouped round a rock, upon which stand the ruins of an old c ...

, Germany * Břidličná, Czech Republic * Nusplingen, Germany

Gallery

File:Zniszczone przez tornado lasy nieopodal Nogawczyc - panoramio.jpg, Forest File:Grzeboszowice, zahrada.jpg, Garden in Grzeboszowice File:Sieroniowice, zvonice.jpg, Bell tower in Sieroniowice

References

{{Strzelce County

Bilingual communes in Poland