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

, close to the Czech
Czech Republic
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 border. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany
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.

It lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north-west of Kłodzko, and 83 kilometres (52 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

As at 2006, the town has a population of 2,460.
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