__NOTOC__ Gmina Syców 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

Oleśnica County __NOTOC__ Oleśnica County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in ...

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 town of

Syców Syców (, until 1888 ''Polnisch Wartenberg'') is a town in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the ...

, which lies approximately north-east of

Oleśnica Oleśnica (; ) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, within the Wrocław metropolitan area. It is the administrative seat of Oleśnica County and also of the rural district of Gmina Oleśnica, although it is not part ...

, and north-east 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

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 ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 16,874.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Syców is bordered by the gminas of

Dziadowa Kłoda Dziadowa Kłoda () () is a village in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Dziadowa Kłoda. It lies approximately east of Oleśnica, and east of ...

, Kobyla Góra,

Międzybórz Międzybórz , also known as ''Międzybórz Sycowski'' (, until 1886 ''Medzibor''), is a town in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Międzybórz. I ...

Perzów Perzów is a village in Kępno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Perzów. It lies approximately west of Kępno and south-east of the regional capital Po ...

and

Twardogóra Twardogóra (pronounced , ) is a historic town in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Twardogóra. It lies approximately north of Oleśnica, and ...

Villages

Apart from the town of

, the gmina contains the villages of Bielawki, Biskupice, Błotnik, Dłusko, Drołtowice, Działosza, Gaszowice, Komorów, Lesieniec,

Ligota Dziesławska Ligota is a common name for villages in Western Poland. The word, related to Czech language, Czech: ''Lhota, lhóta'' (free or grace period), refers to the medieval custom of village founders being exempt from paying duties to their lords for a p ...

Maliszów Maliszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kowala, within Radom County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kowala, south of Radom, and south of Warsaw Warsaw, official ...

, Niwki Garbarskie, Nowy Dwór,

Nowy Świat ''Nowy Świat'' (), known in English as New World Street, is one of the main historic thoroughfares of Warsaw, Poland. It comprises part of the Royal Route (''Trakt królewski'') that extends from Warsaw's Royal Castle and Old Town, south to K ...

, Pawełki, Pawłowice, Radzyna,

Ślizów Ślizów () () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Syców, within Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Syców, east of Oleśnica, and east of the regional capital Wroc� ...

, Stradomia Wierzchnia, Święty Marek,

Szczodrów Szczodrów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Syców, within Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship (, ) in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeships (province ...

, Trzy Chałupy, Widawki, Wielowieś, Wioska, Wojciechowo Wielkie, Zawada, Zawady and Zieleniec.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Syców is twinned with: *

Malsch Malsch is a municipality in the district of Karlsruhe, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 15 km south of Karlsruhe, and 10 km east of Rastatt, at the eastern border of the Upper Rhine Plain. Beside the main town, it consi ...

, Germany

References

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