Gmina Wołów | |
Other Name: | Wołów Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lower Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wołów |
Area Total Km2: | 331.06 |
Population As Of: | 2019-06-30[1] |
Population Total: | 22443 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 12373 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 10070 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Wołów |
Coordinates: | 51.3414°N 16.6283°W |
Seat: | Wołów |
Parts Style: | para |
Parts Type: | Sołectwos |
Website: | http://www.wolow.pl |
Gmina Wołów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wołów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Wołów, which lies approximately 38km (24miles) north-west of the regional capital Wrocław. It is part of the Wrocław metropolitan area.
The gmina covers an area of 331.06km2, and as of 2019 its total population was 22,443.
Gmina Wołów is bordered by the gminas of Brzeg Dolny, Malczyce, Oborniki Śląskie, Prochowice, Prusice, Ścinawa, Środa Śląska and Wińsko.
Apart from the town of Wołów, the gmina contains the 47 villages of Biskupice, Boraszyn, Bożeń, Dębno, Domaszków, Garwół, Gliniany, Golina, Gródek, Kąty, Kłopotówka, Kretowice, Krzydlina Mała, Krzydlina Wielka, Łazarzowice, Lipnica, Łososiowice, Lubiąż, Mikorzyce, Miłcz, Moczydlnica Dworska, Mojęcice, Nieszkowice, Pawłoszewo, Pełczyn, Piotroniowice, Prawików, Proszkowa, Rataje, Rudno, Siodłkowice, Sławowice, Smarków, Stary Wołów, Stęszów, Stobno, Straszowice, Straża, Tarchalice, Uskorz Mały, Uskorz Wielki, Warzęgowo, Wodnica, Wróblewo, Wrzosy, Zagórzyce and Żychlin.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland. Gmina Wołów is twinned with:[2]