Gmina Otmuchów 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 Nysa County

Nysa County

Nysa County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland, on the Czech border. 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 Nysa,...

, 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...

, on the Czech

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 border. Its seat is the town of Otmuchów

Otmuchów

Otmuchów is a town in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 5,317 inhabitants ....

, which lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of Nysa

Nysa, Poland

Nysa is a town in southwestern Poland on the Nysa Kłodzka river with 47,545 inhabitants , situated in the Opole Voivodeship. It is the capital of Nysa County. It comprises the urban portion of the surrounding Gmina Nysa, a mixed urban-rural commune with a total population of 60,123 inhabitants...

 and 59 km (37 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...

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The gmina covers an area of 187.41 square kilometres (72.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 14,225 (out of which the population of Otmuchów amounts to 5,261, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,964).

Villages

Apart from the town of Otmuchów, Gmina Otmuchów contains the villages and settlements of Broniszowice

Broniszowice, Opole Voivodeship

Broniszowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Buków

Buków, Opole Voivodeship

Buków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Goraszowice

Goraszowice

Goraszowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Grądy

Grady, Opole Voivodeship

Grądy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Janowa

Janowa

Janowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Jarnołtów, Jasienica Górna

Jasienica Górna

Jasienica Górna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Jodłów, Kałków, Kamienna Góra

Kamienna Góra, Opole Voivodeship

Kamienna Góra is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Kijów

Kijów, Opole Voivodeship

Kijów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Kwiatków

Kwiatków, Opole Voivodeship

Kwiatków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Łąka, Laskowice

Laskowice, Nysa County

Laskowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border. It lies approximately north-east of Otmuchów, west of Nysa, and west of the regional capital Opole.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Lasowice

Lasowice, Opole Voivodeship

Lasowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Ligota Wielka

Ligota Wielka, Nysa County

Ligota Wielka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Lubiatów

Lubiatów, Opole Voivodeship

Lubiatów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Maciejowice

Maciejowice, Opole Voivodeship

Maciejowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Malerzowice Małe, Meszno

Meszno, Opole Voivodeship

Meszno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Nadziejów

Nadziejów, Opole Voivodeship

Nadziejów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Nieradowice

Nieradowice

Nieradowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Pasieki

Pasieki, Opole Voivodeship

Pasieki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border. It lies approximately north-east of Otmuchów, west of Nysa, and west of the regional capital Opole.Before 1945 the area was part of...

, Piotrowice Nyskie

Piotrowice Nyskie

Piotrowice Nyskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Ratnowice

Ratnowice

Ratnowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Rysiowice

Rysiowice

Rysiowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border. It lies approximately north of Otmuchów, north-west of Nysa, and west of the regional capital Opole.Before 1945 the area was part...

, Sarnowice

Sarnowice

Sarnowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Siedlec

Siedlec, Nysa County

Siedlec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Śliwice

Sliwice, Opole Voivodeship

Śliwice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Starowice

Starowice, Nysa County

Starowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Suszkowice

Suszkowice

Suszkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Ulanowice

Ulanowice

Ułanowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Klimontów, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Klimontów, west of Sandomierz, and south-east of the regional capital Kielce.-References:...

, Wierzbno

Wierzbno, Nysa County

Wierzbno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

, Wójcice

Wójcice, Opole Voivodeship

Wójcice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

 and Zwanowice

Zwanowice, Nysa County

Zwanowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Otmuchów, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Otmuchów is bordered by the gminas of Głuchołazy, Kamiennik

Gmina Kamiennik

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

, Nysa

Gmina Nysa

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

, Paczków

Gmina Paczków

Gmina Paczków is an urban-rural gmina in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, on the Czech border...

, Pakosławice and Ziębice

Gmina Ziebice

Gmina Ziębice is an urban-rural gmina in Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...

. It also borders the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

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