Walzen municipality
| Municipality of Walzen Gmina Walce |
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Opole | ||
| Powiat : | Krapkowicki | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 22 ′ N , 18 ° 0 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 176 m npm | ||
| Residents : | see Gmina | ||
| Postal code : | 47-344 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 77 | ||
| License plate : | OKR | ||
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| Next international airport : | Katowice | ||
| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Rural community | ||
| Gmina structure: | 9 school offices | ||
| Surface: | 69.29 km² | ||
| Residents: | 5438 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Population density : | 78 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Community number ( GUS ): | 1605042 | ||
| Administration (as of 2018) | |||
| Community leader : | Marek Śmiech | ||
| Address: | ul. Mickiewicza 18 47-344 Walce |
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| Website : | www.walce.pl | ||
The municipality of Walzen (Polish: Gmina Walce ) is a rural municipality in the powiat Krapkowicki in the Opole Voivodeship . The parish seat is the village of the same name with about 2100 inhabitants. The community is bilingual, German and Polish.
geography
The municipality has an area of 69.29 km², 84% of which is agricultural land and 7% is forest. The municipality occupies 15.66% of the area of the district.
Partner communities
The municipality of Walzen maintains partnerships with the following municipalities:
- Berg near Neumarkt in Upper Palatinate since May 10, 1997
- Malá Morávka since October 19, 2002
structure
In the municipality are:
Places with Schulzenamt:
- Broschütz / Brożec
- Dobersdorf / Dobieszowice
- Grocholub / Grocholub
- Kramelau / Kromołów
- Rosnochau / Rozkochów
- Blackness / Ćwiercie
- Straduna / Stradunia
- Rolling / Walce
- Zabierzau / Zabierzów
The rural community includes other hamlets without the Schulzenamt:
Antoszka (Antoschka), Brzezina (Breschina), Czerniów (Schernow), Groble (dam mill), Krzewiaki (shrub houses), Marianków (Marienhof), Posiłek (Poschillek), Przerwa (dam breach ), Rybarze , Swornica (Grocholub colony).
population
In 2002 the community had 6,215 inhabitants. In addition to the Polish population, people (32.4%) stated German nationality (ethnicity) and 965 people stated Silesian (15.5%) in the 2002 census. In the 2011 census, with a total population of 5639 people, the percentage of Germans was 26.0% or 1464 people.
| nationality | number | proportion of |
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| German | 2014 | 32.4% |
| Polish | 2412 | 38.8% |
| " Silesian " | 965 | 15.5% |
| nationality | number | proportion of |
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| German | 1464 | 26.0% |
politics
Community leader
The head of the municipal administration is the municipality leader . So far this has been Bernard Kubata from the German minority, who did not run in 2018. In the regular election in October 2018, Marek Śmiech, also from the German Minority Election Committee , was elected as the new head of the community with 87.4% without an opposing candidate.
Municipal council
The municipal council consists of 15 members and is directly elected in single-person constituencies. The 2018 municipal council election led to the following result:
- German minority electoral committee 13 seats
- Election Committee Maciej Sonik 2 seats
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .
- ↑ CIS
- ↑ Mniejszości według województw, powiatów i gmin w 2002 r., CIS
- ↑ Deklaracje narodowościowe w gminach w 2002 r. , CIS
- ↑ Gminy, w których udział mniejszości narodowych, etnicznych lub społeczności posługującej się językiem kaszubskim wsród ogółu mieszkańców stanowił w 2011 roku co najmniej 10%
- ^ Result on the website of the election commission, accessed on August 5, 2020.
- ^ Result on the website of the election commission, accessed on August 5, 2020.