__NOTOC__ Gmina Brody is a rural gmina (administrative district) in

Żary County __NOTOC__ Żary County ( pl, powiat żarski) 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 g ...

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, in western

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, on the

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border. Its seat is the village of

Brody Brody ( uk, Броди; russian: Броды, Brodï; pl, Brody; german: Brody; yi, בראָד, Brod) is a city in Zolochiv Raion of Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is located in the valley of the upper Styr River, approximately ...

, which lies approximately north-west of

Żary Żary (pronounced , german: Sorau, dsb, Žarow) is a town in western Poland with 37,502 inhabitants (2019), situated in the Lubusz Voivodeship since 1999. Previously it was located within Zielona Góra Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the admin ...

and west of

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. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 3,413. The gmina contains part of the protected area called Muskau Bend Landscape Park.

Villages

Gmina Brody contains the villages and settlements of

Biecz Biecz () (german: Beitsch) is a town and municipality in southeastern Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Gorlice County. It is in the Carpathian Mountains, in the Doły Jasielsko-Sanockie, by the Ropa River. Due to its rich history, it is oft ...

, Brożek, Datyń, Grodziszcze, Jałowice, Janiszowice, Jasienica, Jeziory Dolne,

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, Kumiałtowice, Laski,

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, Nabłoto, Proszów, Suchodół, Wierzchno,

Zasieki Zasieki (german: Forst-Berge) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brody, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately south-west of Brody, west of Żary, and we ...

and Żytni Młyn.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Brody is bordered by the gminas of Gubin,

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, Trzebiel and Tuplice. It also borders

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Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Brody is twinned with: * Forst, Germany *

, Poland

References

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Gmina Brody