__NOTOC__ Gmina Krotoszyce 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 Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-loca ...

) in

Legnica County __NOTOC__ Legnica County ( pl, powiat legnicki) 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 govern ...

Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrz ...

, 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 populous ...

. Its seat is the village of

Krotoszyce Krotoszyce (; german: Kroitsch) is a village in Legnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Krotoszyce. It lies approximately south-west of Legnica and w ...

, which lies approximately south-west of

Legnica Legnica (Polish: ; german: Liegnitz, szl, Lignica, cz, Lehnice, la, Lignitium) is a city in southwestern Poland, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the Kaczawa River (left tributary of the Oder) and the Czarna Woda (Kaczawa), Czarna Woda ...

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 3,326.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Krotoszyce is bordered by the town of

and 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 ...

Męcinka Męcinka (german: Herrmannsdorf) is a village in Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Męcinka. It lies approximately west of Jawor and west of the ...

, Miłkowice and

Złotoryja Złotoryja (; german: Goldberg, ; Latin: ''Aureus Mons'', ''Aurum'') is a historic town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwestern Poland, the administrative seat of Złotoryja County, and of the smaller Gmina Złotoryja. Having been granted t ...

Villages

The gmina contains the villages of Babin, Czerwony Kościół,

Dunino :''See also Dunino, Poland.'' Dunino is a village and parish in the East Neuk of Fife. It is 10 km from the nearest town, St Andrews, and 8 km from the fishing village of Anstruther. It is a small village with no local shops or service ...

, Janowice Duże, Kościelec, Kozice, Krajów,

, Prostynia, Szymanowice,

Tyńczyk Legnicki Tyńczyk Legnicki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krotoszyce, within Legnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Krotoszyce, south of Legnica, and west of the regiona ...

, Warmątowice Sienkiewiczowskie, Wilczyce, Winnica and Złotniki.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Krotoszyce is twinned with: *

Markersdorf Markersdorf ( hsb, Markoćicy) is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany. ''Markersdorf'' is also the former German name of Markocice, a small township in Poland which lies about 25 kilometres directly to the south, near Bogaty ...

, Germany * Osečná, Czech Republic

References

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Legnica County