| Gmina Wołczyn Wołczyn Commune | ||
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| Coordinates(Wołczyn): 51°1′6″N18°3′25″E / 51.01833°N 18.05694°E Coordinates: 51°1′6″N18°3′25″E / 51.01833°N 18.05694°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | Opole | |
| County | Kluczbork | |
| Seat | Wołczyn | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 240.86 km2 (93.00 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006) | ||
| • Total | 14,458 | |
| • Density | 60/km2 (160/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 6,139 | |
| • Rural | 8,319 | |
| Website | http://www.wolczyn.gmina.pl | |
Gmina Wołczyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Wołczyn, which lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of Kluczbork and 40 km (25 mi) north of the regional capital Opole.
The gmina is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. As of 2010 there were 2,478 gminy throughout the country. The word gmina derives from the German word Gemeinde, meaning "community".
Kluczbork 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. Its administrative seat and largest town is Kluczbork, which lies 41 kilometres (25 mi) north-east of the regional capital Opole. The county also contains the towns of Wołczyn, lying 12 km (7 mi) west of Kluczbork, and Byczyna, 15 km (9 mi) north of Kluczbork.
Opole Voivodeship, or Opole Province, is the smallest and least populated voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole. It is part of Upper Silesia. A relatively large German minority, with representatives in the Sejm, lives in the voivodeship, and the German language is co-official in 28 communes.
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The gmina covers an area of 240.86 square kilometres (93.0 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 14,458 (out of which the population of Wołczyn amounts to 6,139, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,319).
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Stobrawa Landscape Park.
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international organizations involved.
Stobrawa Landscape Park is a protected area in south-western Poland, established in 1999, covering an area of 526 square kilometres (203 sq mi) in the region of the Stobrawa river.
