Miekinia, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
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Sroda Slaska County
Środa Śląska County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of...
, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in southwestern Poland...
, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (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...
) called Gmina Miękinia
Gmina Miekinia
Gmina Miękinia is a rural gmina in Środa Śląska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Miękinia, which lies approximately east of Środa Śląska, and west of the regional capital Wrocław.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...
. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) east of Środa Śląska
Sroda Slaska
Środa Śląska is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Środa Śląska County, and of the smaller administrative district called Gmina Środa Śląska. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany...
, and 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.
The village has a population of 1,600.