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GÅ‚ubczyce County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (
) in
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 ...
, south-western
Poland
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, on the
Czech
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* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus
*Czech (surnam ...
border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the
Polish local government reforms
The administrative division of Poland since 1999 has been based on three levels of subdivision. The territory of Poland is divided into ''voivodeships'' (provinces); these are further divided into ''powiats'' (counties or districts), and these i ...
passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is
GÅ‚ubczyce, which lies south 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 county also contains the towns of
Kietrz, lying south-east of GÅ‚ubczyce, and
Baborów, south-east of Głubczyce.
The county covers an area of . As of 2019, its total population is 45,679, out of which the population of Głubczyce is 12,552, that of Kietrz is 6,005, that of Baborów is 2,905, and the rural population is 24,217.
Neighbouring counties
GÅ‚ubczyce County is bordered by
Prudnik County
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Prudnik County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland, on the Czech border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government ref ...
to the north, and
Kędzierzyn-Koźle County and
Racibórz County
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Racibórz County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Czech Republic, Czech border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish loca ...
to the east. It also borders the
Czech Republic
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to the south and west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into four
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 ...
s (three urban-rural and one rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
Local Action Group
On the territory of the GÅ‚ubczyce County is active ''Plateau of the Good Land
Local Action Group'' ().
Partner regions
GÅ‚ubczyce County cooperates with:
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Budišov nad Budišovkou
Budišov nad Budišovkou (; ) is a town in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,800 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Mo ...
, Czech Republic
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Holzminden (district), Germany
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Úvalno, Czech Republic
See also
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Silesia Euroregion
Gallery
File:Powiat głubczycki-panorama.jpg, Landscape viewed about 10 km west of Głubczyce
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Glubczyce County
Land counties of Opole Voivodeship