Gmina Prudnik | |
Other Name: | Prudnik Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Opole |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Prudnik |
Area Total Km2: | 122.13 |
Population As Of: | 2019-06-30[1] |
Population Total: | 27157 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 21041 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 6116 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Prudnik |
Coordinates: | 50.3228°N 17.5767°W |
Seat: | Prudnik |
Website: | https://prudnik.pl |
Gmina Prudnik is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, on the Czech border. Its seat is the town of Prudnik, which lies approximately 46km (29miles) south-west of the regional capital Opole.
The gmina covers an area of 122.13km2, and as of 2019 its total population is 27,157.
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Opawskie Mountains Landscape Park.
Apart from the town of Prudnik, Gmina Prudnik contains the villages and settlements of Bombreit, Chocim, Czyżowice, Dębowiec, Gajówka, Łąka Prudnicka, Mieszkowice, Moszczanka, Niemysłowice, Osiedle, Piorunkowice, Rudziczka, Siemków, Spalony Dwór, Szybowice, Trzebieszów, Wierzbiec, Wieszczyna, Włóczno, Włókna, Zimne Kąty.
Gmina Prudnik is bordered by the gminas of Biała, Głuchołazy, Korfantów, Lubrza and Nysa. It also borders the Czech Republic.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland. Gmina Prudnik is twinned with:[2]