Gmina Wądroże Wielkie is a rural

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(administrative district) in

Jawor County __NOTOC__ Jawor County ( pl, powiat jaworski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local governme ...

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, in south-western

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. Its seat is the village of

Wądroże Wielkie Wądroże Wielkie (german: Groß Wandriß) is a village in Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Wądroże Wielkie. It lies approximately north-eas ...

, which lies approximately north-east of

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and west 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 ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 3,931.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wądroże Wielkie is bordered by the gminas of

Legnickie Pole Legnickie Pole (in 1945–1948 ''Dobre Pole'', german: Wahlstatt) is a village in Legnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Legnickie Pole. It lies app ...

Malczyce Malczyce (german: Maltsch) is a village in Środa Śląska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, situated on the south-west bank of the river Oder (Odra). It is the seat of township Gmina Malczyce. Prior to 1945, it was ...

Mściwojów Mściwojów (german: Profen) is a village in Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district ( gmina) called Gmina Mściwojów. It lies approximately east of Jawor Jawor (g ...

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Środa Śląska Środa Śląska (german: Neumarkt in Schlesien) is a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Środa Śląska County, and of the smaller administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Środa Śląska. The ...

and Udanin.

Villages

The gmina contains the villages of

Augustów Augustów (; lt, Augustavas, formerly known in English as ''Augustovo'' or ''Augustowo'')" is a city in north-eastern Poland with 29,729 inhabitants as of December 2021. It lies on the Netta River and the Augustów Canal. It is situated in the ...

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, Biernatki, Budziszów Mały,

Budziszów Wielki Budziszów Wielki (; german: Groß Baudiß) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wądroże Wielkie, within Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximatel ...

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, Gądków, Granowice, Jenków, Kępy, Kosiska, Mierczyce, Pawłowice Wielkie, Postolice, Rąbienice,

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, Sobolew, Wądroże Małe,

and Wierzchowice.

References

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