Gmina Baborów is an urban-rural gmina

Gmina

The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...

 (administrative district) in Głubczyce County, Opole Voivodeship

Opole Voivodeship

- Administrative division :Opole Voivodeship is divided into 12 counties : 1 city county and 11 land counties. These are further divided into 71 gminas.The counties are listed in the following table .- Economy :...

, in south-western Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. Its seat is the town of Baborów

Baborów

Baborów is a small town in Poland near Głubczyce, Opole Voivodeship.The first mention of the town comes from 1296 in which a wójt Jarosław is mentioned. The town was most likely founded by a Bohemian magnate, Bavor . Later it was part of an independent principality, the Austro Hungarian Empire,...

, which lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of Głubczyce and 57 km (35 mi) south of the regional capital Opole

Opole

Opole is a city in southern Poland on the Oder River . It has a population of 125,992 and is the capital of the Upper Silesia, Opole Voivodeship and, also the seat of Opole County...

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The gmina covers an area of 116.97 square kilometres (45.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,586 (out of which the population of Baborów amounts to 3,175, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,411).

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Baborów is bordered by the gminas of Głubczyce, Kietrz

Gmina Kietrz

Gmina Kietrz is an urban-rural gmina in Głubczyce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, on the Czech border...

, Pawłowiczki, Pietrowice Wielkie

Gmina Pietrowice Wielkie

Gmina Pietrowice Wielkie is a rural gmina in Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Czech border...

, Polska Cerekiew

Gmina Polska Cerekiew

Gmina Polska Cerekiew, German Gemeinde Groß Neukirch is a rural gmina in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...

 and Rudnik

Gmina Rudnik, Silesian Voivodeship

Gmina Rudnik is a rural gmina in Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Rudnik, which lies approximately north-west of Racibórz and west of the regional capital Katowice....

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