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Gmina Miękinia 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,
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 in
Miękinia, which lies approximately east of
Środa Śląska, 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 ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 16,603. It is part of the larger
Wrocław metropolitan area.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Miękinia is bordered by the town of
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 ...
and the gminas of
Brzeg Dolny,
Kąty Wrocławskie,
Kostomłoty,
Oborniki Śląskie and
Środa Śląska.
Villages
The gmina contains the villages of
Białków,
Błonie,
Brzezina,
Brzezinka Średzka,
Czerna,
Gałów,
Głoska,
Gosławice,
Kadłub,
Krępice,
Księginice,
Lenartowice,
Łowęcice,
Lubiatów,
Lutynia,
Miękinia,
Mrozów,
Pisarzowice,
Prężyce,
Radakowice,
Wilkostów,
Wilkszyn,
Wojnowice,
Wróblowice,
Zabór Wielki,
Zakrzyce,
Źródła and
Żurawiniec.
Conservation of nature
Within the area of Miękinia, lies
Nature Reserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geologic ...
"Zabór". The purpose of the reserve is to preserve the
riparian forest
A riparian forest or riparian woodland is a forested or wooded area of land adjacent to a body of water such as a river, stream, pond, lake, marshland, estuary, canal, Sink (geography), sink, or reservoir. Due to the broad nature of the definitio ...
for scientific and didactic reasons.
Twin towns – sister cities
Gmina Miękinia is
twinned with:
*
Oria, Italy
*
Schwarmstedt, Germany
References
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Miekinia
Środa Śląska County