Gmina Głubczyce is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Głubczyce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Głubczyce, which lies approximately 53 kilometres (33 mi) south of the regional capital Opole.
Gmina Głubczyce
Głubczyce Commune | |
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![]() Road in Zawiszyce | |
Coordinates (Głubczyce): 50°12′0″N 17°50′3″E / 50.20000°N 17.83417°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Opole |
County | Głubczyce |
Seat | Głubczyce |
Area | |
• Total | 294.33 km2 (113.64 sq mi) |
Population (2019-06-30[1]) | |
• Total | 22,316 |
• Density | 76/km2 (200/sq mi) |
• Urban | 12,552 |
• Rural | 9,764 |
Website | http://www.glubczyce.pl |
The gmina covers an area of 294.33 square kilometres (113.6 sq mi), and as of 2007 its total population is 22,316.
Geography
editGmina Głubczyce is located in the Głubczyce Hook (Polish: worek głubczycki) partly on the Głubczyce Plateau (Polish: Płaskowyż Głubczycki; a part of the Silesian Lowlands) and partly in the Opawskie Mountains (a part of the Eastern Sudeten). Gmina Głubczyce is located in the Oder River Basin (rivers: Cyna/Psina, Opawa, Opawica, Stradunia, Troja).
Neighbouring gminas
editGmina Głubczyce is bordered by the gminas of Baborów, Branice, Głogówek, Kietrz and Pawłowiczki and by the Czech obeces of Krnov, Město Albrechtice, Slezské Rudoltice, Rusín, Bohušov and Osoblaha.
Twin towns – sister cities
editGmina Głubczyce is twinned with:[2]
- Krnov, Czech Republic (2001)
- Město Albrechtice, Czech Republic (2001)
- Rockenhausen, Germany (2003)
- Rusín, Czech Republic (2000)
- Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre, France (2002)
- Zbarazh, Ukraine (2005)
Gallery
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Church tower in Lisięcice
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Gardens in Głubczyce-Sady
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Wayside shrines
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ^ "Miasta partnerskie". glubczyce.pl (in Polish). Gmina Głubczyce. Retrieved 2020-03-04.