Gmina Popielów | |
Other Name: | Popielów Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Opole |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Opole |
Coor Pinpoint: | Popielów |
Coordinates: | 50.8258°N 17.7419°W |
Area Total Km2: | 175.57 |
Population As Of: | 2019-06-30[1] |
Population Total: | 8051 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Seat: | Popielów |
Website: | http://www.popielow.pl |
Gmina Popielów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Popielów, which lies approximately 23km (14miles) north-west of the regional capital Opole.
The gmina covers an area of 175.57km2, and as of 2019 its total population is 8,051.
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Stobrawa Landscape Park.
Gmina Popielów contains the villages and settlements of Kaniów, Karłowice, Kurznie, Kuźnica Katowska, Lubienia, Nowe Siołkowice, Popielów, Popielowska Kolonia, Rybna, Stare Kolnie, Stare Siołkowice and Stobrawa.
Gmina Popielów is bordered by the gminas of Dąbrowa, Dobrzeń Wielki, Lewin Brzeski, Lubsza, Pokój, Skarbimierz and Świerczów.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland. Gmina Popielów is twinned with:[2]