Gmina Głubczyce

Gmina Głubczyce Głubczyce Commune
Gmina
Road in Zawiszyce
Coat of arms
Coordinates (Głubczyce): 50°12′0″N 17°50′3″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Opole
County	Głubczyce
Seat	Głubczyce
Area
• Total	294.33 km^2 (113.64 sq mi)
Population  (2019-06-30[1])
• Total	22,316
• Density	76/km^2 (200/sq mi)
• Urban	12,552
• Rural	9,764
Website	http://www.glubczyce.pl

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.

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

Gmina 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

Gmina 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

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Gmina 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

• 
  Church tower in Lisięcice
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  Gardens in Głubczyce-Sady
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  Wayside shrines

See also

• Dobrogostów
• Głubczyce-Las
• Klisinko
• Marysieńka, Opole Voivodeship

References

1. "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.
2. "Miasta partnerskie". glubczyce.pl (in Polish). Gmina Głubczyce. Retrieved 2020-03-04.