Gmina Wilków 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 Namysłów County, 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 Wilków, which lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Namysłów and 54 km (34 mi) north 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 100.57 square kilometres (38.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,678.

There is a small group of individuals, currently (2010) investigating the history of Wilkow. The village is littered with ruins of old country-houses belonging to mostly German gentry that lived in the area prior to the second world war. The website is dedicated to the history of the village.
Operacja Wilkow

Villages

Gmina Wilków contains the villages and settlements of Bukowie

Bukowie, Opole Voivodeship

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

, Dębnik

Debnik, Opole Voivodeship

Dębnik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wilków, within Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .-References:...

, Idzikowice

Idzikowice, Opole Voivodeship

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

, Jakubowice, Krzyków

Krzyków, Opole Voivodeship

Krzyków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wilków, within Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .-References:...

, Lubska

Lubska

Lubska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wilków, within Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .-References:...

, Młokicie, Pągów

Pagów, Opole Voivodeship

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

, Pielgrzymowice

Pielgrzymowice, Opole Voivodeship

Pielgrzymowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wilków, within Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany .-References:...

, Pszeniczna

Pszeniczna

Pszeniczna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wilków, within Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany ....

, Wilków and Wojciechów.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wilków is bordered by the gminas of Bierutów

Gmina Bierutów

Gmina Bierutów is an urban-rural gmina in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Bierutów, which lies approximately south-east of Oleśnica, and east of the regional capital Wrocław.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Dziadowa Kłoda and Namysłów.