Gmina Kolonowskie, German Gemeinde Colonnowska 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...

 (township) in Strzelce County

Strzelce County

Strzelce 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 Strzelce Opolskie, which...

, 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 Upper Silesia

Upper Silesia

Upper Silesia is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia. Since the 9th century, Upper Silesia has been part of Greater Moravia, the Duchy of Bohemia, the Piast Kingdom of Poland, again of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown and the Holy Roman Empire, as well as of...

 in 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 Kolonowskie

Kolonowskie

Kolonowskie / , is a town in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,433 inhabitants ....

 (Colonnowska), which lies approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) north-east of Strzelce Opolskie

Strzelce Opolskie

Strzelce Opolskie is a town in south-western Poland with 19,628 inhabitants , situated in the Opole Voivodeship. It is the capital of Strzelce County. Strzelce Opolskie is one of the biggest centers of German minority in Poland....

 and 33 km (21 mi) 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 83.61 square kilometres (32.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,223 (out of which the population of Kolonowskie amounts to 3,432, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,791). Since 2006, the township, like much of the area, has been officially bilingual in German and Polish.

Administrative divisions

The commune contains the villages of:

• Kolonowskie
  Kolonowskie
  Kolonowskie / , is a town in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,433 inhabitants ....
  
   / Colonnowska
• Spórok
  Spórok
  Spórok is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kolonowskie, within Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately west of Kolonowskie, north of Strzelce Opolskie, and east of the regional capital Opole....
  
   / Carmerau
• Staniszcze Małe / Klein Stanisch
• Staniszcze Wielkie
  Staniszcze Wielkie
  Staniszcze Wielkie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kolonowskie, within Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
   / Groß Stanisch

Neighbouring districts

Gmina Kolonowskie is bordered by the gminas of Dobrodzień/Guttentag

Gmina Dobrodzien

Gmina Dobrodzień, German Gemeinde Guttentag is an urban-rural gmina in Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...

, Jemielnica/Himmelwitz

Gmina Jemielnica

Gmina Jemielnica, German Gemeinde Himmelwitz is a rural gmina in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Jemielnica , which lies approximately north-east of Strzelce Opolskie and south-east of the regional capital Opole.The gmina covers an area of...

, Ozimek

Gmina Ozimek

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

, Strzelce Opolskie

Gmina Strzelce Opolskie

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

 and Zawadzkie

Gmina Zawadzkie

Gmina Zawadzkie is an urban-rural gmina in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Zawadzkie, which lies approximately north-east of Strzelce Opolskie and east of the regional capital Opole.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

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