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Gmina Gorzów Śląski

urban-rural gmina of Poland

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 20, 2021
Entity authorityQ2461427 ↗
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Gmina Gorzów Śląski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Gorzów Śląski, which lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of Olesno and 54 km (34 mi) north-east of the regional capital Opole.

The gmina covers an area of 154.12 square kilometres (59.5 sq mi), and as of 2019 its total population is 7,131.

Villages

Apart from the town of Gorzów Śląski, Gmina Gorzów Śląski contains the villages and settlements of Budzów, Dębina, Gola, Jamy, Jastrzygowice, Kobyla Góra, Kozłowice, Krzyżańcowice, Nowa Wieś Oleska, Pakoszów, Pawłowice Gorzowskie, Skrońsko, Uszyce and Zdziechowice.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Gorzów Śląski is bordered by the gminas of Byczyna, Kluczbork, Łubnice, Olesno, Praszka, Radłów and Skomlin.

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“Gmina Gorzów Śląski” enters the record as urban-rural gmina of Poland. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Gmina, Gorzów and Śląski can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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