Gmina Strzelce Opolskie 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

Strzelce County __NOTOC__ 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

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. Its seat is the town 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 ...

, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital

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. The gmina covers an area of and as of 2019 its total population is 30,603. 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

Góra Świętej Anny Landscape Park Góra Świętej Anny Landscape Park (''Park Krajobrazowy Góra Świętej Anny'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in south-western Poland, established in 1988, covering an area of . The Park lies within Opole Voivodeship: in Krapkowice Count ...

Villages

Apart from the town of Strzelce Opolskie, Gmina Strzelce Opolskie contains the villages and settlements of Adamowice, Banatki Duże, Banatki Małe, Błotnica Strzelecka, Breguła, Brzezina, Dołki, Doryszów, Dziewkowice, Farska Kolonia, Grodzisko,

Jędrynie Jędrynie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Strzelce Opolskie, within Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north of Strzelce Opolskie and south-east of the regional capital Opole ...

, Kadłub, Kadłubski Piec, Kalinowice, Kasztal, Ligota Dolna, Ligota Górna, Mokre Łany, Niwki, Nowa Wieś, Osiek, Płużnica Wielka, Rozmierka, Rozmierz, Rożniątów, Sucha, Suche Łany, Szczepanek, Szymiszów and Warmątowice.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Strzelce Opolskie is bordered by the gminas of

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 ...

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 ...

Jemielnica Jemielnica (1945-47: Imielnica) (Himmelwitz) is a village in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Jemielnica. It lies approximately north-east of Strzelce ...

, Kolonowskie, Leśnica,

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 ...

Toszek Toszek () is a small town in southern Poland. It is situated within Gliwice County in the Silesian Voivodeship (province), and its population was estimated at 3,600 inhabitants in 2019. It is situated on the Toszecki Potok River, a tributary of K� ...

, Ujazd, Wielowieś and Zdzieszowice.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Strzelce Opolskie is twinned with: *

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, United States *

Druskininkai Druskininkai (; also see other names) is a spa city on the Nemunas River in southern Lithuania, close to the borders of Belarus and Poland. The city of Druskininkai is known for being a spa resort since the 19th century. Name The exact origi ...

, Lithuania * Holice, Czech Republic * Soest, Germany * Tysmenytsia, Ukraine

Gallery

File:Niwki (powiat strzelecki), silnice 409.jpg, Road in Niwki File:Strzelce Opolskie, wieża ciśnień.JPG, Tower in Strzelce Opolskie

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