Gmina Bogatynia | |
Other Name: | Bogatynia Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lower Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Zgorzelec |
Area Total Km2: | 136.17 |
Population As Of: | 2019-06-30[1] |
Population Total: | 23083 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 17436 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 5647 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Bogatynia |
Coordinates: | 50.9167°N 72°W |
Seat: | Bogatynia |
Website: | http://www.bogatynia.pl/ |
Gmina Bogatynia is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, bordering both the Czech Republic and Germany. Its seat is the town of Bogatynia, which lies approximately 27km (17miles) south of Zgorzelec, and 147km (91miles) west of the regional capital Wrocław.
The gmina covers an area of 136.17km2, and as of 2019 its total population is 23,083.
Gmina Bogatynia is bordered by the town of Zawidów and the gmina of Zgorzelec. It also borders the Czech Republic and Germany.
Apart from the town of Bogatynia, the gmina contains the villages of Białopole, Bratków, Działoszyn, Jasna Góra, Kopaczów, Krzewina, Lutogniewice, Opolno-Zdrój, Porajów, Posada, Rybarzowice, Sieniawka, Wolanów and Wyszków.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland. Gmina Bogatynia is twinned with:[2]