Skarbimierz (german: Hermsdorf) is a

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Brzeg County __NOTOC__ Brzeg County ( pl, powiat brzeski ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government refor ...

(Brieg),

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(Oppeln), in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the

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(administrative district) called

Gmina Skarbimierz __NOTOC__ Gmina Skarbimierz is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is Skarbimierz Osiedle, near to the village of Skarbimierz, which lies approximately south-west of Brzeg ...

. It lies approximately south-west of

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and north-west of the regional capital

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. The village has a population of 191. From 2007, as part of the Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone, UK confectioner

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started building a £100m

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plant in the area. The factory was then expanded to include chocolate production, moving the majority of the products made at the

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in Keynsham,

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to the site, for reasons of seeking to increase the profitability of Cadbury plc.

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Skarbimierz Skarbimierz (german: Hermsdorf) is a village in Brzeg County (Brieg), Opole Voivodeship (Oppeln), in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Skarbimierz. It lies approximately south-west of Brzeg ...

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