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Gmina Korfantów 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
Nysa County
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Nysa County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland, on the Czech border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reform ...
,
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
Poland
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. Its seat is the town of
Korfantów, which lies approximately east of
Nysa and south-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 8,803.
Villages
Apart from the town of Korfantów, Gmina Korfantów contains the villages and settlements of
Borek,
Gryżów,
Jegielnica,
Kuropas,
Kuźnica Ligocka,
Myszowice,
Niesiebędowice,
Piechocice,
Pleśnica,
Przechód,
Przydroże Małe,
Przydroże Wielkie,
Puszyna,
Rączka,
Rynarcice,
Rzymkowice,
Ścinawa Mała,
Ścinawa Nyska,
Stara Jamka,
Węża,
Wielkie Łąki,
Włodary and
Włostowa.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Korfantów is bordered by the gminas of
Biała,
Łambinowice
Łambinowice is a village in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Łambinowice. It lies approximately north-east of Nysa, Poland, Nysa and south-west of the region ...
,
Nysa,
Prószków
Prószków (, ; ) is a List of cities and towns in Poland, town in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the administrative seat of Gmina Prószków, a Polish/German Bilingual communes in Poland, bilingual commune since 2006.
...
,
Prudnik
Prudnik (, , , ) is a town in southern Poland, located in the southern part of Opole Voivodeship near the border with the Czech Republic. It is the administrative seat of Prudnik County and Gmina Prudnik. Its population numbers 21,368 inhabitant ...
and
Tułowice.
Twin towns – sister cities
Gmina Korfantów is
twinned with:
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Boulleret, France
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Debrzno
Debrzno (historically: ''Frydląd Pomorski''; , ''Fréląd'', or ''Frëdląd''; ) is a town in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 4,983.
History
The first mention of the village dates back to the 1 ...
, Poland
*
Friedland, Brandenburg, Germany
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Friedland, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Friedland, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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Frýdlant, Czech Republic
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Frýdlant nad Ostravicí
Frýdlant (, also known as Frýdlant v Čechách; ) is a town in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,400 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Cz ...
, Czech Republic
*
Mieroszów, Poland
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Mirosławiec
Mirosławiec () is a town in Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northwestern Poland, with 2,671 inhabitants (2010).
The 12th Air Base of the Polish Air Force is located north of the town.
History
Mirosławiec is a former private to ...
, Poland
*
Pravdinsk, Russia
References
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Korfantow
Nysa County