Gmina Olesno is an urban-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 Olesno County

Olesno County

Olesno 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 largest town is Olesno, which lies ...

, 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 town of Olesno

Olesno

Olesno is a town in Opole Voivodship, Poland about north-east of the city of Opole. It is the capital of Olesno County and seat of the Gmina Olesno.-History:The area near the ancient Amber Road had been settled since the Neolithic era...

, which lies approximately 42 kilometres (26 mi) north-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 240.8 square kilometres (93 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 18,837 (out of which the population of Olesno amounts to 10,106, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,731).

Villages

Apart from the town of Olesno, Gmina Olesno contains the villages and settlements of Bodzanowice

Bodzanowice

Bodzanowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Olesno and north-east of the regional capital Opole....

, Borki Małe, Borki Wielkie

Borki Wielkie, Opole Voivodeship

Borki Wielkie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.The village has a population of 1,000.-References:...

, Boroszów

Boroszów

Boroszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north of Olesno and north-east of the regional capital Opole.In village is old wooden church.-References:...

, Broniec

Broniec

Broniec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Olesno and north-east of the regional capital Opole.The village has a population of 180....

, Grodzisko

Grodzisko, Olesno County

Grodzisko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.-References:...

, Kolonia Łomnicka, Kucoby

Kucoby

Kucoby is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Olesno and north-east of the regional capital Opole.-References:...

, Leśna

Lesna, Opole Voivodeship

Leśna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.-References:...

, Łomnica, Łowoszów, Sowczyce

Sowczyce

Sowczyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Olesno and north-east of the regional capital Opole.-References:...

, Stare Olesno

Stare Olesno

Stare Olesno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Olesno and north-east of the regional capital Opole.-References:...

, Świercze

Swiercze, Opole Voivodeship

Świercze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.-References:...

, Wachów

Wachów

Wachów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Olesno and north-east of the regional capital Opole.-References:...

, Wachowice

Wachowice

Wachowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.The village has an approximate population of 300.-References:...

, Wojciechów

Wojciechów, Olesno County

Wojciechów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Olesno and north-east of the regional capital Opole....

 and Wysoka

Wysoka, Olesno County

Wysoka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Olesno and north-east of the regional capital Opole.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Olesno is bordered by the gminas of Ciasna

Gmina Ciasna

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

, Dobrodzień

Gmina Dobrodzien

Gmina Dobrodzień, German Gemeinde Guttentag is an urban-rural gmina in Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...

, Gorzów Śląski

Gmina Gorzów Slaski

Gmina Gorzów Śląski is an urban-rural gmina in Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Gorzów Śląski, which lies approximately north of Olesno and north-east of the regional capital Opole....

, Kluczbork

Gmina Kluczbork

Gmina Kluczbork is an urban-rural gmina in Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Kluczbork, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Opole....

, Krzepice

Gmina Krzepice

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

, Lasowice Wielkie

Gmina Lasowice Wielkie

Gmina Lasowice Wielkie, German Gemeinde Gross Lassowitz is a rural gmina in Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Lasowice Wielkie, which lies approximately south of Kluczbork and north-east of the regional capital Opole.The gmina covers an area...

, Przystajń

Gmina Przystajn

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

, Radłów and Zębowice

Gmina Zebowice

Gmina Zębowice, German Gemeinde Zembowitz is a rural gmina in Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Zębowice , which lies approximately south of Olesno and east of the regional capital Opole.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

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