Gmina Zawadzkie 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 Strzelce County

Strzelce County

Strzelce 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 Strzelce Opolskie, which...

, 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 Zawadzkie

Zawadzkie

Zawadzkie is a town in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 8,469 inhabitants . In this area are located two villages: Kielcza, Żędowice.-See also:...

, which lies approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) north-east of Strzelce Opolskie

Strzelce Opolskie

Strzelce Opolskie is a town in south-western Poland with 19,628 inhabitants , situated in the Opole Voivodeship. It is the capital of Strzelce County. Strzelce Opolskie is one of the biggest centers of German minority in Poland....

 and 40 km (25 mi) 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 82.24 square kilometres (31.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 12,874 (out of which the population of Zawadzkie amounts to 8,331, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,543).

Villages

Apart from the town of Zawaszkie, the gmina also contains the villages of Kielcza

Kielcza

Kielcza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zawadzkie, within Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Zawadzkie, north-east of Strzelce Opolskie, and east of the regional capital Opole.Before 1945 the area was part of...

 and Żędowice

Zedowice

Żędowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zawadzkie, within Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Zawadzkie is bordered by the gminas of Dobrodzień

Gmina Dobrodzien

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

, Jemielnica

Gmina Jemielnica

Gmina Jemielnica, German Gemeinde Himmelwitz is a rural gmina in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Jemielnica , which lies approximately north-east of Strzelce Opolskie and south-east of the regional capital Opole.The gmina covers an area of...

, Kolonowskie

Gmina Kolonowskie

Gmina Kolonowskie, German Gemeinde Colonnowska is an urban-rural gmina in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in Upper Silesia in Poland...

, Krupski Młyn, Pawonków

Gmina Pawonków

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

 and Wielowieś

Gmina Wielowies

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

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