Gmina Bierawa, German Gemeinde Birawa is a rural gmina

Gmina

The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...

 (administrative district) in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County

Kedzierzyn-Kozle County

Kędzierzyn-Koźle County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Kędzierzyn-Koźle,...

, Opole Voivodeship

Opole Voivodeship

- Administrative division :Opole Voivodeship is divided into 12 counties : 1 city county and 11 land counties. These are further divided into 71 gminas.The counties are listed in the following table .- Economy :...

, in south-western Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. Its seat is the village of Bierawa

Bierawa

Bierawa is a village in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Bierawa...

, which lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-east of Kędzierzyn-Koźle

Kedzierzyn-Kozle

Kędzierzyn-Koźle is the capital city of Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Silesia, Poland. Kędzierzyn-Koźle is a place of a major river port, has rail connections with all major cities of Poland and serves western outskirts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union....

 and 48 km (30 mi) south-east of the regional capital Opole

Opole

Opole is a city in southern Poland on the Oder River . It has a population of 125,992 and is the capital of the Upper Silesia, Opole Voivodeship and, also the seat of Opole County...

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The gmina covers an area of 119.24 square kilometres (46 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,046. Since 2007 the commune, like much of the area, is officially bilingual in German and Polish.

Administrative divisions

The commune contains the villages and settlements of:

• Bierawa
  Bierawa
  Bierawa is a village in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Bierawa...
  
  /Birawa
• Brzeźce
  Brzezce, Opole Voivodeship
  Brzeźce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bierawa, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
  /Brzezetz
• Dziergowice
  Dziergowice
  Dziergowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bierawa, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
  /Oderwalde
• Goszyce
  Goszyce, Opole Voivodeship
  Goszyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bierawa, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
  /Goschütz
• Grabówka
  Grabówka, Kedzierzyn-Kozle County
  Grabówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bierawa, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
  /Sackenhoym
• Korzonek
  Korzonek, Opole Voivodeship
  Korzonek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bierawa, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
  
• Kotlarnia
  Kotlarnia
  Kotlarnia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bierawa, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
  /Jakobswalde
• Lubieszów
  Lubieszów, Opole Voivodeship
  Lubieszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bierawa, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
  /Libischau
• Ortowice
  Ortowice
  Ortowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bierawa, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
  /Ortowitz
• Solarnia
  Solarnia, Opole Voivodeship
  Solarnia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bierawa, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
   (Salzforst)
• Stara Kuźnia
  Stara Kuznia, Opole Voivodeship
  Stara Kuźnia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bierawa, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
  /Klein Althammer
• Stare Koźle
  Stare Kozle
  Stare Koźle is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bierawa, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
  /Alt Cosel

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Bierawa is bordered by the gminas of Kuźnia Raciborska

Gmina Kuznia Raciborska

Gmina Kuźnia Raciborska is an urban-rural gmina in Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Kuźnia Raciborska, which lies approximately north of Racibórz and west of the regional capital Katowice.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Rudziniec

Gmina Rudziniec

Gmina Rudziniec is a rural gmina in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Rudziniec, which lies approximately north-west of Gliwice and west of the regional capital Katowice....

, Sośnicowice

Gmina Sosnicowice

Gmina Sośnicowice is an urban-rural gmina in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Sośnicowice, which lies approximately west of Gliwice and west of the regional capital Katowice....

 and Toszek

Gmina Toszek

Gmina Toszek is an urban-rural gmina in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Toszek, which lies approximately north-west of Gliwice and north-west of the regional capital Katowice....

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