Gmina Iłowa

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Gmina Iłowa
Iłowa coat of arms
Gmina Iłowa (Poland)
Gmina Iłowa
Gmina Iłowa
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Lebus
Powiat : Żagański
Geographic location : 51 ° 30 '  N , 15 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 30 '0 "  N , 15 ° 11' 58"  E
Height : 125 m npm
Residents : s. Gmina
Postal code : 68-120
Telephone code : (+48) 68
License plate : FZG
Economy and Transport
Street : Żary - Lubań
Rail route : Żary – Węgliniec
Next international airport : Wroclaw
Gmina
Gminatype: Urban-and-rural parish
Gmina structure: 10 school offices
Surface: 153.05 km²
Residents: 6881
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density : 45 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ): 0810043
Administration (as of 2014)
Mayor : Paweł Lichtański
Address: ul. Żeromskiego 27
68-120 Iłowa
Website : www.ilowa.pl



The Gmina Iłowa [ iˈwɔva ] is a town-and-country municipality in the powiat Żagański of the Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland . Its seat is the small town of the same name ( German Halbau ) with about 3900 inhabitants.

geography

The municipality covers an area of ​​approximately 153 km². It is located on the southern border of the voivodeship and in the southwest of the Polish part of Upper Lusatia . The Czerna Mała (Little Tschirne) belongs to the waters .

history

In 1962, their main town was regained city rights after having been an "urban settlement" five years earlier.

Partner communities

structure

The city-and-rural community (gmina miejsko-wiejska) Iłowa includes the city and the following ten villages (official German names until 1945) with school offices:

Other places without a Schulzenamt are Chwalimierz (Qualmer) and Nowoszów (Neuhaus an der Tschirne) .

Personalities

  • Carl Thiem (1850–1917), surgeon, namesake of the clinic in Cottbus; born in Nikolschmiede
  • Hermann Hänchen (1898 – unknown), discus thrower; born in Zeipau.

Web links

Commons : Gmina Iłowa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. 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 .