Gmina Olszanka 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 Brzeg County

Brzeg County

Brzeg 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 Brzeg, which lies north-west...

, 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 Olszanka

Olszanka, Opole Voivodeship

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

, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Brzeg

Brzeg

Brzeg is a town in southwestern Poland with 38,496 inhabitants , situated in Silesia in the Opole Voivodeship on the left bank of the Oder...

 and 35 km (22 mi) 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...

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The gmina covers an area of 92.61 square kilometres (35.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,943.

Villages

Gmina Olszanka contains the villages and settlements of Czeska Wieś

Czeska Wies

Czeska Wieś , formerly German Böhmischdorf, is a village in Poland situated in Opole Voivodeship, in Brzeg County, in Gmina Olszanka. It lies approximately south of Olszanka, south of Brzeg, and west of the regional capital Opole....

, Gierszowice

Gierszowice

Gierszowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olszanka, within Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...

, Jankowice Wielkie

Jankowice Wielkie

Jankowice Wielkie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olszanka, within Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...

, Janów

Janów, Opole Voivodeship

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

, Krzyżowice

Krzyzowice, Brzeg County

Krzyżowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olszanka, within Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...

, Michałów, Obórki

Obórki, Opole Voivodeship

Obórki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olszanka, within Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Brzeg and west of the regional capital Opole....

, Olszanka

Olszanka, Opole Voivodeship

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

, Pogorzela

Pogorzela, Opole Voivodeship

Pogorzela is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olszanka, within Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Brzeg and west of the regional capital Opole....

 and Przylesie

Przylesie, Opole Voivodeship

Przylesie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olszanka, within Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately west of Olszanka, south-west of Brzeg, and west of the regional capital Opole....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Olszanka is bordered by the gminas of Grodków

Gmina Grodków

Gmina Grodków is an urban-rural gmina in Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Grodków, which lies approximately south of Brzeg and west of the regional capital Opole....

, Lewin Brzeski

Gmina Lewin Brzeski

Gmina Lewin Brzeski is an urban-rural gmina in Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Lewin Brzeski, which lies approximately south-east of Brzeg and north-west of the regional capital Opole.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Niemodlin

Gmina Niemodlin

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

, Skarbimierz

Gmina Skarbimierz

Gmina Skarbimierz is a rural gmina in Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is Skarbimierz Osiedle, near to the village of Skarbimierz, which lies approximately south-west of Brzeg and north-west of the regional capital Opole.The gmina covers an area of , and as of...

 and Wiązów

Gmina Wiazów

Gmina Wiązów is an urban-rural gmina in Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Wiązów, which lies approximately east of Strzelin, and south of the regional capital Wrocław....

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