Gmina Kluczbork 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 Kluczbork County

Kluczbork County

Kluczbork County is a unit of territorial administration and local government 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 ...

, 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 Kluczbork

Kluczbork

Kluczbork is a town in southwestern Poland with 26,670 inhabitants , situated in the Opole Voivodeship. It is the capital of Kluczbork County and an important railroad junction. In Kluczbork the major rail line from Katowice splits into two directions - westwards to Wroclaw and northwards to Poznań...

, which lies approximately 41 kilometres (25 mi) north-east 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 217 square kilometres (83.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 38,618 (out of which the population of Kluczbork amounts to 25,910, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,708).

The gmina contains part of the protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/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...

 called Stobrawa Landscape Park

Stobrawa Landscape Park

Stobrawa Landscape Park is a protected area in south-western Poland, established in 1999, covering an area of in the region of the Stobrawa river....

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Villages

Apart from the town of Kluczbork, Gmina Kluczbork contains the villages and settlements of Bąków

Baków, Kluczbork County

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

, Bażany

Bazany

Bażany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Kluczbork and north-east of the regional capital Opole.-References:...

, Biadacz

Biadacz, Kluczbork County

Biadacz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.The village has an approximate population of 1,000.-References:...

, Bogacica

Bogacica, Opole Voivodeship

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

, Bogacka Szklarnia

Bogacka Szklarnia

Bogacka Szklarnia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.-References:...

, Bogdańczowice

Bogdanczowice

Bogdańczowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.-References:...

, Borkowice

Borkowice, Kluczbork County

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

, Czaple Wolne

Czaple Wolne

Czaple Wolne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland....

, Gotartów

Gotartów

Gotartów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland....

, Krasków

Krasków, Opole Voivodeship

Krasków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Kluczbork and north-east of the regional capital Opole.-References:...

, Krzywizna

Krzywizna

Krzywizna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north of Kluczbork and north-east of the regional capital Opole.-References:...

, Kujakowice Dolne

Kujakowice Dolne

Kujakowice Dolne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kluczbork and north-east of the regional capital Opole.-References:...

, Kujakowice Górne

Kujakowice Górne

Kujakowice Górne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kluczbork and north-east of the regional capital Opole.The village is first mentioned in written records in...

, Kuniów

Kuniów

Kuniów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Kluczbork and north-east of the regional capital Opole.-References:...

, Ligota Dolna

Ligota Dolna, Kluczbork County

Ligota Dolna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Kluczbork and north-east of the regional capital Opole....

, Ligota Górna

Ligota Górna, Kluczbork County

Ligota Górna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland....

, Ligota Zamecka

Ligota Zamecka

Ligota Zamecka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kluczbork and north-east of the regional capital Opole.-References:...

, Łowkowice, Maciejów

Maciejów, Opole Voivodeship

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

, Nowa Bogacica

Nowa Bogacica

Nowa Bogacica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland....

, Przybkowice

Przybkowice

Przybkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland....

, Smardy Dolne

Smardy Dolne

Smardy Dolne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland....

, Smardy Górne

Smardy Górne

Smardy Górne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Kluczbork and north-east of the regional capital Opole.-References:...

, Stare Czaple

Stare Czaple, Opole Voivodeship

Stare Czaple is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland....

, Unieszów

Unieszów

Unieszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kluczbork, within Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Kluczbork and north of the regional capital Opole.-References:...

 and Żabiniec

Zabiniec, Kluczbork County

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kluczbork is bordered by the gminas of Byczyna

Gmina Byczyna

Gmina Byczyna is an urban-rural gmina in Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Byczyna, which lies approximately north of Kluczbork and north of the regional capital Opole....

, Gorzów Śląski

Gmina Gorzów Slaski

Gmina Gorzów Śląski is an urban-rural gmina in Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Gorzów Śląski, which lies approximately north of Olesno and north-east of the regional capital Opole....

, Lasowice Wielkie

Gmina Lasowice Wielkie

Gmina Lasowice Wielkie, German Gemeinde Gross Lassowitz is a rural gmina in Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Lasowice Wielkie, which lies approximately south of Kluczbork and north-east of the regional capital Opole.The gmina covers an area...

, Murów

Gmina Murów

Gmina Murów, German Gemeinde Murow is a rural gmina in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Murów , which lies approximately north of the regional capital Opole....

, Olesno

Gmina Olesno, Opole Voivodeship

Gmina Olesno is an urban-rural gmina in Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Olesno, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Opole....

 and Wołczyn.