__NOTOC__ Gmina Trzebiel is a rural

gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...

(administrative district) in

Żary County __NOTOC__ Żary County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland, on the German border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms ...

Lubusz Voivodeship Lubusz Voivodeship ( ) is a voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in western Poland with a population of 972,140. Its regional capitals are Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra. The region is characterized by a landscape of forests, lake ...

, in western

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, on the

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border. Its seat is the village of Trzebiel, which lies approximately west of

Żary Żary (, , , ) is a town in western Poland with 37,502 inhabitants (2019), situated in the Lubusz Voivodeship. It is the administrative seat of the Żary County and of the Gmina Żary within the county, though the town is not part of the gmina (c ...

and south-west of

Zielona Góra Zielona Góra (; ''Green Mountain''; ) is the largest city in Lubusz Voivodeship, located in western Poland, with 140,403 inhabitants (). The region is closely associated with vineyards and holds an annual Zielona Góra Wine Fest, Wine Fest. Zie ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 5,679. The gmina contains part of the

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...

called Muskau Bend Landscape Park.

Villages

Gmina Trzebiel contains the villages and settlements of Bogaczów, Bronowice, Buczyny, Bukowina, Chudzowice, Chwaliszowice, Czaple, Dębinka, Gniewoszyce, Jasionów, Jędrzychowice, Jędrzychowiczki, Kałki, Kamienica nad Nysą Łużycką, Karsówka, Królów,

Łuków Łuków is a city in eastern Poland with 30,727 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2005). Since 1999, it has been situated in the Lublin Voivodeship, previously it had belonged to the Siedlce Voivodeship (between 1975–1998). It is the capital of Ł ...

, Marcinów, Mieszków, Niwica, Nowe Czaple,

Olszyna Olszyna () is a town in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its name means "alder wood" in Polish. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Olszyna. A settlement dating back to the Middl ...

, Przewoźniki, Pustków, Rytwiny, Siedlec, Siemiradz, Stare Czaple, Strzeszowice, Trzebiel, Wierzbięcin, Włostowice, Żarki Małe and

Żarki Wielkie Żarki Wielkie (; ) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzebiel, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, close to the Germany, German border. It lies approximately south-west of Trzebiel, west of Żary, and ...

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Trzebiel is bordered by the town of

Łęknica Łęknica (; , ) is a border town in western Poland, one of the two gminas of Żary County in Lubusz Voivodeship. Muskau Park (''Park Mużakowski''), a Polish-German World Heritage Site and Historic Monument of Poland, stretches north of the ...

and by the gminas of

Brody Brody (, ; ; ; ) is a city in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located in the valley of the upper Styr, Styr River, approximately northeast of the oblast capital, Lviv. Brody hosts the administrati ...

, Lipinki Łużyckie, Przewóz and Tuplice. It also borders

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Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Trzebiel is twinned with: *

Lázně Libverda Lázně Libverda () is a spa municipality and village in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Etymology The original German name ''Liebenwerde'' is an abbreviation of "''auf dem Lieben werde'' ...

, Czech Republic * Neiße-Malxetal, Germany

References

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