Gmina Chybie 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
Cieszyn County
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Cieszyn County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Czech and Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local gove ...
,
Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship ( ) is an administrative province in southern Poland. With over 4.2 million residents and an area of 12,300 square kilometers, it is the second-most populous, and the most-densely populated and most-urbanized region of Poland ...
, in southern
Poland
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, in the historical region of
Cieszyn Silesia
Cieszyn Silesia, Těšín Silesia or Teschen Silesia ( ; or ; or ) is a historical region in south-eastern Silesia, centered on the towns of Cieszyn and Český Těšín and bisected by the Olza River. Since 1920 it has been divided betwe ...
. Its seat is the village of
Chybie.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 9,803.
Villages
Gmina Chybie contains the villages and settlements of
Chybie,
Frelichów,
Mnich,
Zaborze and
Zarzecze.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Chybie is bordered by the gminas of
Czechowice-Dziedzice
Czechowice-Dziedzice (), known until 1958 as Czechowice, is a town in Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. The town has 35,684 inhabitants, as of December 2021. It lies on the northeastern edge of the historical region of Cieszyn ...
,
Goczałkowice-Zdrój
Goczałkowice-Zdrój (German: Bad Gottschalkowitz) is a village in Pszczyna County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Goczałkowice-Zdrój. It lies approximately south o ...
,
Jasienica,
Skoczów
Skoczów (pronounced , , ) is a town and the seat of Gmina Skoczów in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland with 14,385 inhabitants (2019). The town lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.
The name of the town is o ...
and
Strumień
Strumień , , ) is a town and the seat of Gmina Strumień, in Cieszyn County, in the Silesian Voivodeship (Administrative divisions of Poland, province) of southern Poland, on the Vistula River.
It is located in the north-eastern part of the histo ...
.
Notable people
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Henryk Machalica (1930–2003), actor
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Bogumił Kobiela
Bogumił Kobiela (31 May 1931 – 10 July 1969) was a Polish stage and film actor. He is best known for his performances as Drewnowski in Andrzej Wajda's 1958 drama film ''Ashes and Diamonds (film), Ashes and Diamonds'' and as Jan Piszczyk in An ...
(1931–1969), theatre actor
*
Ryszard Staniek
Ryszard Staniek (born 13 March 1971) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
Club
He played for such a clubs like Legia Warsaw, Górnik Zabrze, Odra Wodzisław Śląski and CA Osasuna. After scoring in a 3 ...
(born 1971), footballer
Twin towns – sister cities
Gmina Chybie is
twinned with:
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Těrlicko
Těrlicko (; , ) is a municipality in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,900 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Těrlicko consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to ...
, Czech Republic
References
External links
Gmina Chybie - Official site
Chybie
Cieszyn County
Cieszyn Silesia
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