Świerzawa ś is a town in Złotoryja County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship

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, in south-western Poland

Poland

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. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina

Gmina

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) called Gmina Świerzawa

Gmina Swierzawa

Gmina Świerzawa is an urban-rural gmina in Złotoryja County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Świerzawa, which lies approximately south of Złotoryja, 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

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. (For more information about the history of the region, see Silesia

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.)

The town lies on the Kaczawa River,
approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) south of Złotoryja and 81 kilometres (50 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

As at 2006, the town has a population of 2,439.