| Gmina Krzanowice Gemeinde Kranowitz | |
| Other Name: | Krzanowice Commune |
| Settlement Type: | Gmina |
| Coordinates: | 50.0206°N 18.1275°W |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Krzanowice |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
| Subdivision Name2: | Racibórz |
| Seat: | Krzanowice |
| Total Type: | Total |
| Area Total Km2: | 47.06 |
| Population As Of: | 2019-06-30[1] |
| Population Total: | 5739 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 2157 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
| Population Blank1: | 3582 |
| Website: | http://www.krzanowice.pl |
Gmina Krzanowice, German Gemeinde Kranowitz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Czech border. Its seat is the town of Krzanowice (Kranowitz), which lies approximately 11km (07miles) south-west of Racibórz and 680NaN0 west of the regional capital Katowice.
The gmina covers an area of 47.06km2, and as of 2019 its total population is 5,739. Since 2008 the commune has been bilingual in German and Polish, and has its signs in two languages. These signs celebrate the multicultural past of the region, which was prior to 1945 part of Germany and still maintains a large German population.
Apart from the town of Krzanowice, Gmina Krzanowice contains the villages and settlements of Krzanowice, Bojanów, Borucin, Pietraszyn and Wojnowice.
Gmina Krzanowice is bordered by the town of Racibórz and by the gminas of Krzyżanowice and Pietrowice Wielkie. It also borders the Czech Republic.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic. Gmina Krzanowice is twinned with:[2]
Strahovice, Czech Republic