__NOTOC__ Gmina Prószków, German Gemeinde Proskau 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

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. ...

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, in south-western

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. Its seat is the town of

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. ...

(Proskau), which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital

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. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 9,029. Since 2006 the commune, like most of the area, has been bilingual in German and Polish, a substantial German population having remained behind after the area was transferred to Poland.

Villages

The commune contains the villages and settlements of: *

* Boguszyce * Chrząszczyce * Chrzowice *

Folwark ''Folwark'' is a Polish word derived from the German ''Vorwerk''. A Folwark or Vorwerk is an agricultural estate or a separate branch operation of such an estate, historically a serfdom-based farm and agricultural enterprise (a type of latif ...

* Górki * Jaśkowice * Ligota Prószkowska * Nowa Kuźnia *

Przysiecz Przysiecz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Prószków, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Prószków and south-west of the regional capital Opole Opole (; ; ...

* Winów * Zimnice Małe * Zimnice Wielkie *

Źlinice Źlinice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Prószków, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Prószków and south of the regional capital Opole. References

Vill ...

* Złotniki

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Prószków is bordered by the city of

and by the gminas of Biała, Komprachcice,

Korfantów Korfantów (, ), formerly known in Polish as Fryląd, is a town in the Opole Voivodeship of southwestern Poland, with 1,808 inhabitants (2019). In 1946 the town was renamed in honour of politician and activist Wojciech Korfanty, however, the previ ...

Strzeleczki Strzeleczki is a town in Krapkowice County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Strzeleczki. It lies approximately west of Krapkowice and south of the regional capital Opole. ...

Tarnów Opolski Tarnów Opolski is a village in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Tarnów Opolski. It lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Opole. Name The ...

and Tułowice.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Prószków is twinned with: *

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, Germany *

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, Austria *

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, Poland

References

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