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Gmina Woźniki 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
Lubliniec County
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Lubliniec County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. ...
,
Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship ( ) is an administrative province in southern Poland. With over 4.2 million residents and an area of 12,300 square kilometers, it is the second-most populous, and the most-densely populated and most-urbanized region of Poland ...
, in southern
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
Woźniki, which lies approximately east of
Lubliniec
Lubliniec (, ; Silesian language, Silesian: ''Lublini'c'') is a town in southern Poland with 23,784 inhabitants (2019). It is the capital of Lubliniec County, part of Silesian Voivodeship.
Geography
Lubliniec is situated in the north of the his ...
and north of the regional capital
Katowice
Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. K ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 9,598.
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
Upper Liswarta Forests Landscape Park.
Villages
Apart from the town of Woźniki, Gmina Woźniki contains the villages and settlements of
Babienica
Babienica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Woźniki, within Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Lubliniec and north of the regional capital Katowice
Katowice (, ) is ...
,
Czarny Las,
Dyrdy,
Kamienica,
Kamieńskie Młyny,
Kolonia Woźnicka,
Ligota Woźnicka,
Lubsza,
Mzyki,
Niwy,
Okrąglik,
Piasek,
Psary and
Sośnica.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Woźniki is bordered by the towns of
Kalety,
Miasteczko Śląskie and
Tarnowskie Góry
Tarnowskie Góry (; ; ) is a city in Silesia, southern Poland, located in the Silesian Highlands near Katowice and seat city of Tarnowskie Góry County Located in the north of the Metropolis GZM, a megalopolis (city type), megalopolis, the great ...
, and by the gminas of
Kamienica Polska,
Konopiska,
Koszęcin,
Koziegłowy and
Starcza.
Twin towns – sister cities
Gmina Woźniki is
twinned with:
*
Kravaře
Kravaře (; ) is a town in Opava District the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,700 inhabitants. It is part of the historic Hlučín Region.
Administrative division
Kravaře consists of three municipal parts (in brack ...
, Czech Republic
*
Lisková, Slovakia
References
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Wozniki
Lubliniec County