Gmina Głubczyce
Gmina in Opole Voivodeship, Poland
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Gmina Głubczyce is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Głubczyce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Głubczyce, which lies approximately 53 kilometres (33 mi) south of the regional capital Opole.
Gmina Głubczyce
Głubczyce Commune | |
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Road in Zawiszyce | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Interactive map of Gmina Głubczyce | |
| Coordinates (Głubczyce): 50°12′0″N 17°50′3″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Opole |
| County | Głubczyce |
| Seat | Głubczyce |
| Area | |
• Total | 294.33 km2 (113.64 sq mi) |
| Population (2019-06-30[1]) | |
• Total | 22,316 |
| • Density | 75.820/km2 (196.37/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 12,552 |
| • Rural | 9,764 |
| Website | http://www.glubczyce.pl |
The gmina covers an area of 294.33 square kilometres (113.6 sq mi), and as of 2007, its total population was 22,316.
Geography
Gmina Głubczyce is located in the Głubczyce Hook (Polish: worek głubczycki) partly on the Głubczyce Plateau (Polish: Płaskowyż Głubczycki; a part of the Silesian Lowlands) and partly in the Opawskie Mountains (a part of the Eastern Sudeten). Gmina Głubczyce is located in the Oder River Basin (rivers: Cyna/Psina, Opawa, Opawica, Stradunia, Troja).
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Głubczyce is bordered by the gminas of Baborów, Branice, Głogówek, Kietrz and Pawłowiczki and by the Czech obeces of Krnov, Město Albrechtice, Slezské Rudoltice, Rusín, Bohušov and Osoblaha.
Twin towns – sister cities
Gmina Głubczyce is twinned with:[2]
Krnov, Czech Republic (2001)- Město Albrechtice, Czech Republic (2001)
Rockenhausen, Germany (2003)- Rusín, Czech Republic (2000)
Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre, France (2002)
Zbarazh, Ukraine (2005)
Gallery
Church tower in Lisięcice
Gardens in Głubczyce-Sady
Wayside shrines
