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Gmina Popielów 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
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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
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
Popielów, which lies approximately north-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 8,051.
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.
Villages
Gmina Popielów contains the villages and settlements of
Kaniów,
Karłowice,
Kurznie,
Kuźnica Katowska,
Lubienia,
Nowe Siołkowice,
Popielów,
Popielowska Kolonia,
Rybna,
Stare Kolnie,
Stare Siołkowice
Stare Siołkowice ("old Siołkowice") is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Popielów, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Opole.
Notable peop ...
and
Stobrawa.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Popielów is bordered by the gminas of
Dąbrowa,
Dobrzeń Wielki,
Lewin Brzeski,
Lubsza,
Pokój,
Skarbimierz and
Świerczów.
Twin towns – sister cities
Gmina Popielów is
twinned with:
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Bad Wurzach
Bad Wurzach (; until 1950 Wurzach) is a spa town in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is a well known health-resort destination, and home to the oldest bog spa (in German: ''Moorheilbad'') in Baden-Württemberg, as well as o ...
, Germany
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Bikal, Hungary
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Krakovany, Czech Republic
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Krakovany, Slovakia
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Rüdersdorf
Rüdersdorf is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany, near Berlin.
It is served by the Schöneiche bei Berlin tramway which runs from Rüdersdorf through Schöneiche to Berlin-Friedr ...
, Germany
References
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Popielow
Opole County