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Gmina Żary 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
Żary County
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Żary County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland, on the German border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms ...
,
Lubusz Voivodeship
Lubusz Voivodeship ( ) is a voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in western Poland with a population of 972,140. Its regional capitals are Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra. The region is characterized by a landscape of forests, lake ...
, in western
Poland
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. Its seat is the town of
Żary, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 12,343.
Villages
Gmina Żary contains the villages and settlements of
Biedrzychowice Dolne,
Bieniów,
Bogumiłów,
Dąbrowiec,
Drozdów,
Drożków,
Grabik,
Janików,
Kadłubia,
Łaz,
Lubanice,
Lubomyśl,
Łukawy,
Marszów,
Miłowice,
Mirostowice Dolne,
Mirostowice Górne,
Olbrachtów,
Olszyniec,
Rościce,
Rusocice,
Siodło,
Stawnik,
Surowa,
Włostów and
Złotnik.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Żary is bordered by the towns of
Żagań
Żagań (French language, French and , ) is a town in western Poland, on the Bóbr river, with 25,731 inhabitants (2019), capital of Żagań County in the Lubusz Voivodeship, located in the historic region of Lower Silesia.
Founded in the 12th ce ...
and
Żary, and by the gminas of
Iłowa,
Jasień,
Lipinki Łużyckie,
Nowogród Bobrzański,
Przewóz,
Wymiarki and
Żagań
Żagań (French language, French and , ) is a town in western Poland, on the Bóbr river, with 25,731 inhabitants (2019), capital of Żagań County in the Lubusz Voivodeship, located in the historic region of Lower Silesia.
Founded in the 12th ce ...
.
Twin towns – sister cities
Gmina Żary is
twinned with:
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Neuhausen/Spree, Germany
References
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Zary
Żary County