Gmina Wołczyn | |
Other Name: | Wołczyn Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Opole |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kluczbork |
Area Total Km2: | 240.86 |
Population As Of: | 2019-06-30[1] |
Population Total: | 13579 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 5907 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 7672 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Wołczyn |
Coordinates: | 51.0183°N 18.0569°W |
Seat: | Wołczyn |
Website: | http://wolczyn.pl |
Gmina Wołczyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Wołczyn, which lies approximately 12km (07miles) west of Kluczbork and 400NaN0 north of the regional capital Opole.
The gmina covers an area of 240.86km2, and as of 2019 its total population is 13,579.
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Stobrawa Landscape Park.
Apart from the town of Wołczyn, Gmina Wołczyn contains the villages and settlements of Bruny, Brynica, Brzezinki, Duczów Mały, Duczów Wielki, Gierałcice, Komorzno, Krzywiczyny, Ligota Wołczyńska, Markotów Duży, Markotów Mały, Rożnów, Skałągi, Świniary Małe, Świniary Wielkie, Szklarnia Szymonkowska, Szum, Szymonków, Wąsice, Wierzbica Dolna, Wierzbica Górna and Wierzchy.
Gmina Wołczyn is bordered by the gminas of Byczyna, Domaszowice, Kluczbork, Murów, Pokój, Rychtal and Trzcinica.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland. Gmina Wołczyn is twinned with:[2]