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Gmina Kotla 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
Głogów County
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Głogów County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed ...
,
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship (, ) in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. It covers an area of and has a total population of 2,899,986.
It is one of the wealthiest ...
, in south-western
Poland
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. Its largest village and administrative seat is
Kotla, which lies approximately north of
Głogów and north-west of the regional capital
Wrocław
Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 4,426. The local economy is based on
agriculture
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and minor industry.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Kotla is bordered by the town of
Głogów and the gminas of
Głogów,
Siedlisko,
Sława
Sława (; ) is a town in Wschowa County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. As of the 2019 census, Sława had a population of 4,321. It is situated on the eastern shore of Lake Sławskie.
History
The area was part of Poland after the creation ...
,
Szlichtyngowa
Szlichtyngowa () is a town in western Poland, in the Wschowa County of the Lubuskie Voivodship, near the Oder river.
The population as of 2019 was 1,278.
History
The town was founded in 1644 by a Polish Protestant activist and Sejm deputy Jan ...
and
Żukowice.
Villages
The gmina contains the villages of
Bogomice,
Ceber,
Chociemyśl,
Dorzecze,
Głogówko,
Grochowice,
Kotla,
Kozie Doły,
Krążkówko,
Krzekotówek,
Kulów,
Leśna Dolina,
Moszowice,
Pękoszów,
Skidniów,
Skidniówek,
Skórzyn,
Sobczyce, and
Zabiele.
References
{{Głogów County
Kotla
Głogów County