Gmina Dzierżoniów is a 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
Dzierżoniów County,
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
Poland
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. Its seat is the town of
Dzierżoniów
Dzierżoniów (; until 1946 ; ) is a town located at the foot of the Owl Mountains in southwestern Poland, within the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the seat of Dzierżoniów County, and of Gmina Dzierżoniów (although it is not part of the ...
, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 9,114.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Dzierżoniów is bordered by the towns of
Bielawa,
Dzierżoniów
Dzierżoniów (; until 1946 ; ) is a town located at the foot of the Owl Mountains in southwestern Poland, within the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the seat of Dzierżoniów County, and of Gmina Dzierżoniów (although it is not part of the ...
,
Pieszyce and
Piława Górna, and by the gminas of
Łagiewniki,
Marcinowice,
Niemcza,
Nowa Ruda
Nowa Ruda (, ) is a town in south-western Poland near the Czech Republic, Czech border, lying on the Włodzica river in the central Sudetes mountain range. it had 22,067 inhabitants. The town is located in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivod ...
,
Stoszowice and
Świdnica
Świdnica (; ; ) is a city on the Bystrzyca (Oder), Bystrzyca River in south-western Poland in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. As of 2021, it has a population of 55,413 inhabitants. It is the seat of Świdnica County, and also of the smaller dis ...
.
Villages
The gmina contains the villages of
Albinów,
Borowica,
Byszów,
Dębowa Góra,
Dobrocin,
Dobrocinek,
Jędrzejowice,
Jodłownik,
Kiełczyn, Kietlice,
Kołaczów,
Książnica,
Marianówek,
Mościsko,
Myśliszów,
Nowizna,
Ostroszowice,
Owiesno,
Piława Dolna,
Roztocznik,
Tuszyn,
Uciechów,
Wiatraczyn and
Włóki.
Twin towns – sister cities
Gmina Dzierżoniów is
twinned with:
*
Cekcyn
Cekcyn (Polish pronunciation: ) is a village in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Cekcyn. It lies approximately east of Tuchola and north o ...
, Poland
*
Dolní Čermná
Dolní Čermná () is a market town in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Dolní Čermná consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population accor ...
, Czech Republic
References
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Dzierżoniów County