__NOTOC__ Gmina Turawa, German Gemeinde Turawa 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

Opole County __NOTOC__ Opole 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 Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. Its seat is the village of

Turawa Turawa is a village in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) of Gmina Turawa. It is approximately northeast of the regional capital Opole. History Though the village's origins ...

, which lies approximately north-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 9,990.

Villages

The commune contains the villages and settlements of: *

* Bierdzany * Borek *

Kadłub Turawski Kadłub Turawski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Turawa, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Turawa and north-east of the regional capital Opole Opole (; ; ; ) is ...

* Kotórz Mały *

Kotórz Wielki Kotórz Wielki () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Turawa, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Turawa and north-east of the regional capital Opole. History The villa ...

* Ligota Turawska * Marszałki * Osowiec Śląski *

Rzędzów Rzędów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Turawa, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Turawa and north-east of the regional capital Opole. History The village of Fr ...

* Trzęsina * Węgry * Zakrzów Turawski * Zawada

Demographics

As of 31 December 2010, the commune had 9,595 inhabitants. At the time of the census of 2002, the commune had 9,609 inhabitants. Of these, 5,673 (59%) declared the Polish nationality; 2,028 persons (21.1%) declared the German nationality; and 671 (7%) with the non-recognized Silesian nationality. 1,223 inhabitants (12.7%) declared no nationality.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Turawa is bordered by the city of

and by the gminas of Chrząstowice,

Lasowice Wielkie Lasowice Wielkie is a village in Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Lasowice Wielkie. It lies approximately south of Kluczbork and north-east of th ...

Łubniany Łubniany (German ''Lugnian'', 1936-45: Lugendorf) is a village in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Łubniany. It lies approximately north of the regional ...

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 ...

and Zębowice.

Notable people

Joachim Prinz Joachim Prinz (May 10, 1902 – September 30, 1988) was a German-American rabbi who was an outspoken activist against Nazism in Germany in the 1930s and later became a leader in the civil rights movement in the United States in the 1960s. As a ...

(1902–1988), Rabbi

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Turawa is twinned with: *

Dřevohostice Dřevohostice is a market town in Přerov District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants. Geography Dřevohostice is located about east of Přerov and southeast of Olomouc. It lies in the Moravian-Silesian F ...

, Czech Republic * Saalfelder Höhe (Saalfeld), Germany * Wetter, Germany

References

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Opole County Bilingual communes in Poland