__NOTOC__ Głubczyce County ( pl, powiat głubczycki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( powiat) in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland, on the Czech border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Głubczyce, which lies south of the regional capital

Opole Opole (; german: Oppeln ; szl, Ôpole) ; * Silesian: ** Silesian PLS alphabet: ''Ôpole'' ** Steuer's Silesian alphabet: ''Uopole'' * Silesian German: ''Uppeln'' * Czech: ''Opolí'' * Latin: ''Oppelia'', ''Oppolia'', ''Opulia'' is a city loc ...

. The county also contains the towns of

Kietrz Kietrz (german: Katscher, cs, Ketř) is a town in Głubczyce County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. As of 2019, it has a population of 6,005. Notable people *Alfons Luczny (1894–1986), Luftwaffe general *Ol ...

, lying south-east of Głubczyce, and

Baborów Baborów (german: Bauerwitz) is a small town in southern Poland near Głubczyce, in the Opole Voivodeship, Głubczyce County, Gmina Baborów. As of December 2021, it has a population of 2,844. History The first mention of the town comes from 12 ...

, south-east of Głubczyce. The county covers an area of . As of 2019, its total population is 45,679, out of which the population of Głubczyce is 12,552, that of Kietrz is 6,005, that of Baborów is 2,905, and the rural population is 24,217.

Neighbouring counties

Głubczyce County is bordered by

Prudnik County __NOTOC__ Prudnik County ( pl, powiat prudnicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( powiat) in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland, on the Czech border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the P ...

to the north, and Kędzierzyn-Koźle County and Racibórz County to the east. It also borders the Czech Republic to the south and west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into four

gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...

s (three urban-rural and one rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Local Action Group

On the territory of the Głubczyce County is active ''Plateau of the Good Land

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'' ( pl, LGD Płaskowyż Dobrej Ziemi).

Partner regions

Głubczyce County cooperates with: *

Budišov nad Budišovkou Budišov nad Budišovkou (; german: Bautsch) is a town in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural monume ...

, Czech Republic *

Holzminden (district) Holzminden () is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany, with the town of Holzminden as its administrative capital. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Hamelin-Pyrmont, Hildesheim and Northeim, and by the state of North R ...

, Germany * Úvalno, Czech Republic

Gallery

File:Powiat głubczycki-panorama.jpg, Landscape viewed about 10 km west of Głubczyce

References