__NOTOC__ Gmina Kostomłoty 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

Środa Śląska County Środa is the Polish word for Wednesday. It appears in the names of Polish towns holding Wednesday weekly fairs. There are two towns in Poland called Środa: * Środa Śląska, in south-west Poland (Lower Silesian Voivodeship) * Środa Wielkopo ...

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 Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. Its seat is the village of Kostomłoty, which lies approximately south of

Środa Śląska Środa Śląska (, ; ) is a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Środa Śląska County, and of the smaller administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Środa Śląska. The town lies approximately w ...

and west 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 ...

. It is part of the larger

Wrocław metropolitan area The Wrocław metropolitan area is a monocentric agglomeration in the south-western part of Poland, in the Lower Silesian Voivodship, consisting of the city of Wrocław (a global Gamma-level metropolis) and its satellite towns. The population livi ...

Demographics

In 2021 the population of the gmina was 6996 individuals, out of which 3473 were men and 3523 were women. Since the 2011 Polish census the population has decreased by about 2.3%. The unemployment rate in the gmina is 4.4%. The amount of seniors is about 19.9%, which is slightly lower than the average for Poland. The gmina has a very low amount of foreigners: less than 1% of the population is of a different citizenship than Polish, and about a percent has been born outside of Poland.

Geography

The gmina covers an area of , out of which 88% is farmland, and 4% is forests, which are mostly concentrated in the south of it, in the valley of Strzegomka. The gmina makes up about 20% of the area of the county.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kostomłoty is bordered by the gminas of

Kąty Wrocławskie Kąty Wrocławskie (; ), often abbreviated to Kąty, is a town in Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Kąty Wrocławskie. It lies approximately so ...

, Miękinia, Mietków,

, Udanin and Żarów.

Villages

The gmina contains the villages of Bogdanów, Budziszów, Chmielów, Czechy, Godków, Jakubkowice, Jarząbkowice, Jenkowice, Karczyce, Kostomłoty, Lisowice, Mieczków,

Osieczna Osieczna is a town in Leszno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,131 inhabitants (2010). It is located on the northern shore of the Łoniewskie Lake. History As part of the region of Greater Poland, i.e. the cradle of the Polish ...

, Osiek, Paździorno, Piersno, Piotrowice, Pustynka,

Ramułtowice Ramułtowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kostomłoty, within Środa Śląska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kostomłoty, south-east of Środa Śląska, ...

, Samborz, Samsonowice, Siemidrożyce, Sikorzyce, Sobkowice, Świdnica Polska, Szymanowice, Wichrów, Wilków Średzki, Wnorów and Zabłoto.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Kostomłoty is twinned with: * Sierentz, France

References

Kostomloty Środa Śląska County {{ŚrodaŚląska-geo-stub