__NOTOC__ Gmina Bystrzyca Kłodzka is an urban-rural

gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...

(administrative district) in

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

Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship (, ) in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. It covers an area of and has a total population of 2,899,986. It is one of the wealthiest ...

, in south-western

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. Its seat is the town of Bystrzyca Kłodzka, which lies approximately south of

Kłodzko Kłodzko (; ; ; ) is a historic town in south-western Poland, in the region of Lower Silesia. It is situated in the centre of the Kłodzko Valley, on the Eastern Neisse (Nysa Kłodzka) river. Kłodzko is the seat of Kłodzko County (and of the ru ...

, and south of the regional capital

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 18,925.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Bystrzyca Kłodzka is bordered by the town of Polanica-Zdrój and the gminas of

, Lądek-Zdrój, Międzylesie, Stronie Śląskie and

Szczytna Szczytna () is a town in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Szczytna, close to the Czech Republic, Czech border. It is located in the historic K ...

. It also borders the

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Villages

Apart from the town of Bystrzyca Kłodzka, the gmina contains the villages of Długopole Dolne, Długopole-Zdrój, Gorzanów, Huta, Idzików, Kamienna, Lasówka, Marcinków, Marianówka, Międzygórze,

Mielnik Mielnik is a village in Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Mielnik. It lies approximately south-east of Siemiatycze ...

, Młoty, Mostowice, Nowa Bystrzyca, Nowa Łomnica, Nowy Waliszów, Paszków, Piotrowice, Pławnica, Pokrzywno, Poniatów, Ponikwa, Poręba, Rudawa, Spalona, Stara Bystrzyca, Stara Łomnica, Starkówek, Stary Waliszów, Szczawina, Szklarka, Szklary, Topolice, Wilkanów, Wójtowice, Wyszki, Zabłocie and Zalesie.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Bystrzyca Kłodzka is twinned with: *

Amberg Amberg () is a Town#Germany, town in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the Upper Palatinate about halfway between Regensburg and Bayreuth. History The town was first mentioned in 1034 with the name Ammenberg. It became an important trading c ...

, Germany * Kaźmierz, Poland * Massa Martana, Italy * Orlické Záhoří, Czech Republic *

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, Czech Republic * Zdobnice, Czech Republic

References

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