Gmina Komprachcice, German: Gemeinde Comprachtschütz 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 Opole County

Opole County

Opole 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 is the city of Opole, although the city is not...

, 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 Komprachcice

Komprachcice

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

 (Comprachtschütz), which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-west 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...

.

The gmina covers an area of 55.87 square kilometres (21.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 11,249. Since 2009 the commune, like much of the area, has been bilingual in German and Polish, a substantial German minority remaining behind after the area was given to Poland after the Second World War.

Administrative divisions

The commune contains the villages and settlements of:

• Komprachcice
  Komprachcice
  Komprachcice is a village in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Komprachcice...
  
   / Comprachtschütz
• Chmielowice
  Chmielowice, Opole Voivodeship
  Chmielowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komprachcice, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland....
  
   / Chmiellowitz
• Domecko
  Domecko
  Domecko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komprachcice, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland....
  
   / Dometzko
• Dziekaństwo
  Dziekanstwo
  Dziekaństwo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komprachcice, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland....
  
   / Dziekanstwo
• Ochodze
  Ochodze
  Ochodze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komprachcice, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
   / Ochotz
• Osiny
  Osiny, Opole Voivodeship
  Osiny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komprachcice, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
   / Rothhaus
• Polska Nowa Wieś
  Polska Nowa Wies
  Polska Nowa Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komprachcice, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
   / Polnisch Neudorf
• Pucnik
  Pucnik
  Pucnik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komprachcice, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Komprachcice and south-west of the regional capital Opole....
  
   / Simsdorf
• Wawelno
  Wawelno
  Wąwelno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sośno, within Sępólno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Sośno, south-east of Sępólno Krajeńskie, and north-west of Bydgoszcz....
  
   / Bowallno
• Żerkowice
  Zerkowice, Opole Voivodeship
  Żerkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komprachcice, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Komprachcice and west of the regional capital Opole....
  
   /Zirkowitz

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Komprachcice is bordered by the city of 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...

 and by the gminas of Dąbrowa

Gmina Dabrowa, Opole Voivodeship

Gmina Dąbrowa is a rural gmina in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Dąbrowa, which lies approximately west of the regional capital Opole....

, Prószków/Proskau

Gmina Prószków

Gmina Prószków, German Gemeinde Proskau is an urban-rural gmina in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...

 and Tułowice.