__NOTOC__ Gmina Świdnica is a rural

gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...

(administrative district) in

Zielona Góra County __NOTOC__ Zielona Góra County ( pl, powiat zielonogórski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local governme ...

Lubusz Voivodeship Lubusz Voivodeship, or Lubuskie Province ( pl, województwo lubuskie ), is a voivodeship (province) in western Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra Voivodeships, pursuant to the Po ...

, in 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 populous ...

. Its seat is the village of

Świdnica Świdnica (; german: Schweidnitz; cs, Svídnice; szl, Świdńica) is a city in south-western Poland in the region of Silesia. As of 2019, it has a population of 57,014 inhabitants. It lies in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, being the seventh larges ...

, which lies approximately south-west of

Zielona Góra Zielona Góra is the largest city in Lubusz Voivodeship, located in western Poland, with 140,403 inhabitants (2021). Zielona Góra has a favourable geographical position, being close to the Polish-German border and on several international road ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 6,552.

Villages

Gmina Świdnica contains the villages and settlements of Buchałów, Dobra,

Drzonów Drzonów (, german: Schlesisch Drehnow, wen, Drjenow) is a village in western Poland, in the administrative district of Świdnica, within Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship. It lies approximately north-west of Świdnica and west of Zielon ...

, Grabowiec, Koźla, Letnica, Lipno, Łochowo, Orzewo, Piaski, Radomia, Rybno, Słone,

, Wilkanowo and Wirówek.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Świdnica is bordered by the city of

and by the gminas of

Czerwieńsk Czerwieńsk (german: Rothenburg an der Oder) is a town in Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,900 inhabitants as of December 2021. Czerwieńsk is a railroad junction, where the Wrocław – Zielona Góra – Szczecin connect ...

, Dąbie,

Nowogród Bobrzański Nowogród Bobrzański (german: Naumburg am Bober) is a town on the Bóbr river in Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland, with 5,165 inhabitants (2019). It is the administrative seat of the Gmina Nowogród Bobrzański. The gmina was c ...

and

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Świdnica is twinned with: * Heinersbrück, Germany *

Lübbenau Lübbenau (, dsb, Lubnjow ; officially Lübbenau/Spreewald, Lower Sorbian, L.S. Lubnjow/Błota (meaning ''Lübbenau/Spree Forest'')) is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Upper Spree Forest-Lusatia District of Brandenburg, Germany. It is locate ...

, Germany

References

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