__NOTOC__ Gmina Dąbrowa 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

Opole County __NOTOC__ Opole County () 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 reforms passed in 1998. ...

Opole Voivodeship Opole Voivodeship ( , , ), is the smallest and least populated voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole. It is part of Silesia. A relatively lar ...

, in south-western

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. Its seat is the village of Dąbrowa, which lies approximately west of the regional capital

Opole Opole (; ; ; ) is a city located in southern Poland on the Oder River and the historical capital of Upper Silesia. With a population of approximately 127,387 as of the 2021 census, it is the capital of Opole Voivodeship (province) and the seat of ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 8,231. The gmina contains part of the

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...

called

Stobrawa Landscape Park Stobrawa Landscape Park (''Stobrawski Park Krajobrazowy''; ) is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in south-western Poland, established in 1999, covering an area of in the region of the Stobrawa river. About 250 protected animals live in the pa ...

Villages

Gmina Dąbrowa contains the villages and settlements of Chróścina, Ciepielowice, Dąbrowa, Karczów, Lipowa, Mechnice,

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, Prądy, Siedliska, Skarbiszów,

Sławice Sławice (German ''Slawitz'') is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dąbrowa, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Dąbrowa and north-west of the regional capital Opole. ...

, Sokolniki, Wrzoski,

Wyrębiny Wyrębiny () is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Dąbrowa, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship Opole Voivodeship ( , , ), is the smallest and least populated voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland. The p ...

and Żelazna.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Dąbrowa is bordered by the city of

and by the gminas of

Dobrzeń Wielki Dobrzeń Wielki (, ) is a village in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the Gmina Dobrzeń Wielki (rural community) which has been officially bilingual in Polish and German since 2009. It is situated appro ...

, Komprachcice,

Lewin Brzeski Lewin Brzeski (; ) is a historic town situated in Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland. The total population of Lewin Brzeski was estimated at 5,736 inhabitants in 2019. History Located along the medieval trade routes from Silesi ...

Niemodlin Niemodlin (; ) is a town in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 6,315 inhabitants (2019). History The community was first mentioned as ''Nemodlin'' in a 1224 deed and received town privileges in 1283. The German place-name ''Falkenberg ...

, Popielów and Tułowice.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Dąbrowa is twinned with: * Dąbrowa, Poland *

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, Ukraine *

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, Germany *

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, Slovakia

References

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