Gmina Głubczyce Explained

Gmina Głubczyce
Other Name:Głubczyce Commune
Settlement Type:Gmina
Coordinates:50.2°N 17.8342°W
Coor Pinpoint:Głubczyce
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name1:Opole
Subdivision Name2:Głubczyce
Seat:Głubczyce
Total Type:Total
Area Total Km2:294.33
Population As Of:2019-06-30[1]
Population Total:22316
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:12552
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:9764
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 53km (33miles) south of the regional capital Opole.

The gmina covers an area of 294.33km2, 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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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. 2020-02-14.
  2. Web site: Miasta partnerskie. glubczyce.pl. Gmina Głubczyce. pl. 2020-03-04.