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Gmina Izbicko, German Gemeinde Stubendorf, 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
Strzelce County
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Strzelce County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998 ...
,
Opole Voivodeship
Opole Voivodeship ( , , ), is the smallest and least populated voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole. It is part of Silesia. A relatively lar ...
, in south-western
Poland
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. Its seat is the village of
Izbicko
Izbicko is a village in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Izbicko, which has been bilingual in Polish and German since 2006. It lies approximately nor ...
, which lies approximately north-west of
Strzelce Opolskie
Strzelce Opolskie () is a town in southern Poland with 17,900 inhabitants (2019), situated in the Opole Voivodeship. It is the capital of Strzelce County.
Etymology
The name of the town is of Polish origin and comes from the old Polish word ''s ...
and south-east of the regional capital
Opole
Opole (; ; ; ) is a city located in southern Poland on the Oder River and the historical capital of Upper Silesia. With a population of approximately 127,387 as of the 2021 census, it is the capital of Opole Voivodeship (province) and the seat of ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 5,415.
Villages
Gmina Izbicko contains the villages and settlements of
Borycz,
Grabów,
Izbicko
Izbicko is a village in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Izbicko, which has been bilingual in Polish and German since 2006. It lies approximately nor ...
,
Krośnica,
Ligota Czamborowa,
Otmice,
Poznowice,
Siedlec,
Sprzęcice,
Suchodaniec and
Utrata.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Izbicko is bordered by the gminas of
Chrząstowice,
Gogolin
Gogolin is a town in southern Poland, in Opole Voivodeship, in Krapkowice County. It has 6,682 inhabitants (2019). It is the seat of Gmina Gogolin.
Geology and palaeontology
Gogolin gives its name to the Gogolin Formation whose strata were fi ...
,
Ozimek
Ozimek (; ) is a town in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 8,657 inhabitants (2019).
History
Ozimek dates back to an early modern period, early modern settlement. It was named both ''Ozimek'' and ''Małapanew'', with both names bei ...
,
Strzelce Opolskie
Strzelce Opolskie () is a town in southern Poland with 17,900 inhabitants (2019), situated in the Opole Voivodeship. It is the capital of Strzelce County.
Etymology
The name of the town is of Polish origin and comes from the old Polish word ''s ...
and
Tarnów Opolski
Tarnów Opolski is a village in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Tarnów Opolski. It lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Opole.
Name
The ...
.
Twin towns – sister cities
Gmina Izbicko is
twinned with:
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Florstadt, Germany
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Götschetal (Petersberg), Germany
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Orebić
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, Croatia
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Osoblaha
Osoblaha (; , ) is a municipality and village in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
Etymology
The Czech name of the village came from Latin names of two local watercourses, Os ...
, Czech Republic
References
{{Strzelce County
Izbicko
Izbicko is a village in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Izbicko, which has been bilingual in Polish and German since 2006. It lies approximately nor ...
Bilingual communes in Poland