__NOTOC__ Gmina Opoczno is an urban-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

Opoczno County __NOTOC__ Opoczno County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Łódź Voivodeship, south-east Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. I ...

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, in south-central

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. Its seat is the town of

Opoczno Opoczno () is a town in south-central Poland, seat of Opoczno County in the Łódź Voivodeship. It has a long and rich history, and in the past it used to be one of the most important urban centers of northwestern Lesser Poland. Currently, Opoczno ...

, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital

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. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2016 its total population is 32,188 (out of which the population of Opoczno amounts to 22,708, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,710). The gmina contains part of the

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called

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Villages

Apart from the town of Opoczno, Gmina Opoczno contains the villages and settlements of Adamów, Antoniów, Bielowice, Brzuśnia, Brzustówek, Brzustówek-Kolonia, Bukowiec Opoczyński, Dzielna, Janów Karwicki, Januszewice, Karwice, Kliny, Kraśnica, Kraszków, Kruszewiec, Kruszewiec PKP, Kruszewiec-Kolonia, Libiszów, Libiszów-Kolonia, Międzybórz, Modrzew, Modrzewek, Mroczków Gościnny, Ogonowice, Ostrów, Różanna, Sielec, Sitowa, Sobawiny, Stużno, Stużno-Kolonia, Wola Załężna, Wólka Karwicka, Wólka Karwicka-Kolonia, Wygnanów, Zameczek and Ziębów.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Opoczno is bordered by the gminas of Białaczów,

Drzewica Drzewica is a town in Opoczno County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,778 inhabitants as of December 2021. From 1975 to 1998 the town was a part of Radom Voivodeship. Located on the Drzewiczka river (a tributary to the Pilica (river), Pilica) ...

, Gielniów, Gowarczów,

Inowłódz Inowłódz is a town in Tomaszów Mazowiecki County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Inowłódz. It lies approximately east of Tomaszów Mazowiecki and south-east of ...

, Poświętne and

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References

Polish official population figures 2006
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