Gmina Polska Cerekiew, German Gemeinde Groß Neukirch is a 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 Kędzierzyn-Koźle County

Kedzierzyn-Kozle County

Kędzierzyn-Koźle 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 only town is Kędzierzyn-Koźle,...

, 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 village of Polska Cerekiew

Polska Cerekiew

Polska Cerekiew is a village in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Polska Cerekiew...

 (Groß Neukirch), which lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south of Kędzierzyn-Koźle

Kedzierzyn-Kozle

Kędzierzyn-Koźle is the capital city of Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Silesia, Poland. Kędzierzyn-Koźle is a place of a major river port, has rail connections with all major cities of Poland and serves western outskirts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union....

 and 51 km (32 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 60.85 square kilometres (23.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,656. Since 2011 the commune has been bilingual in German and Polish, and has its signs in two languages. These signs celebrate the multicultural past of the region, which was prior to 1945 part of Germany and still maintains a large German population.

Administrative divisions

The commune contains the villages and settlements of:

• Polska Cerekiew
  Polska Cerekiew
  Polska Cerekiew is a village in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Polska Cerekiew...
  
   / Groß Neukirch
• Ciężkowice
  Ciezkowice, Opole Voivodeship
  Ciężkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Polska Cerekiew, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
   / Czienskowitz
• Dzielawy
  Dzielawy
  Dzielawy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Polska Cerekiew, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
   / Dzielau
• Grzędzin
  Grzedzin
  Grzędzin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Polska Cerekiew, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
   / Grzendzin
• Jaborowice
  Jaborowice
  Jaborowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Polska Cerekiew, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
   / Jaborowitz
• Koza
  Koza, Opole Voivodeship
  Koza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Polska Cerekiew, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
   (Heinrichsdorf)
• Łaniec / Lanietz
• Ligota Mała / Klein Ellguth
• Mierzęcin
  Mierzecin, Gmina Polska Cerekiew
  Mierzęcin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Polska Cerekiew, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
   / Mierzenzin
• Połowa / Puhlau
• Witosławice / Witoslawitz
• Wronin
  Wronin, Opole Voivodeship
  Wronin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Polska Cerekiew, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
  
• Zakrzów
  Zakrzów, Kedzierzyn-Kozle County
  Zakrzów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Polska Cerekiew, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...
  
   / Sakrau

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Polska Cerekiew is bordered by the gminas of Baborów

Gmina Baborów

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

 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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