Gmina Korfantów
| Gmina Korfantów | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Opole | ||
| Powiat : | Nyski | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 30 ′ N , 17 ° 36 ′ E | ||
| Residents : | s. Gmina | ||
| Postal code : | 48-317 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 77 | ||
| License plate : | ONY | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | Droga wojewódzka 405 Korfantów- Niemodlin | ||
| Droga wojewódzka 407 Nysa - Lonschnik | |||
| Next international airport : | Wroclaw | ||
| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Urban-and-rural parish | ||
| Gmina structure: | 23 school authorities | ||
| Surface: | 179.5 km² | ||
| Residents: | 8803 (June 30, 2019) |
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| Population density : | 49 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Community number ( GUS ): | 1607033 | ||
| Administration (as of 2014) | |||
| Mayor : | Janusz Wójcik | ||
| Address: | Rynek 4 48-317 Korfantów |
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| Website : | www.korfantow.pl | ||
The Gmina Korfantów is an urban-and-rural municipality in the powiat Nyski of the Opole Voivodeship in Poland . Its seat is the city of the same name ( German Friedland in Oberschlesien ) with about 1850 inhabitants.
geography
The municipality is located in the southwestern part of Upper Silesia , about 15 kilometers from the voivodeship capital Opole (Opole) . The municipality borders in the west on the district town of Nysa (Neisse) . The Ścinawa Niemodlińska (Steinau) belongs to the running waters .
history
The municipality came to the Opole Voivodeship in 1950, which changed its layout several times until 1999. The powiat Nyski was re-established in 1999. In 1993 Korfantów received city rights again and the municipality got its current status.
- Sister cities and municipalities
Since the 1990s, the municipality has entered into partnerships with cities and municipalities that bear the German name Friedland :
- Friedland (Mecklenburg)
- Friedland (Lower Lusatia)
- Friedland (Lower Saxony)
- Pravdinsk (Friedland in East Prussia), Russia
- Frýdlant v Čechách (Friedland in the Jizera Mountains), Czech Republic
- Frýdlant nad Ostravicí (Friedland an der Ostrawitz), Czech Republic
- Mieroszów (Friedland in Lower Silesia), Poland.
structure
The urban-and-rural municipality (gmina miejsko-wiejska) Korfantów covers an area of almost 180 km², on which about 9000 inhabitants live. These include the following locations:
- Korfantów ( Friedland OS )
- Borek ( Leopoldsdorf )
- Gryżów ( Griesau )
- Jegielnica ( Jäglitz )
- Kuropas ( Korpiz , 1936–1945: Korndorf )
- Kużnica Ligocka ( Ellguth Hammer )
- Myszowice ( Mauschwitz , 1936–1945: Mauschdorf )
- Niesiebędowice ( Nüßdorf )
- Piechocice ( Piechotzütz , 1936–1945: Bauerngrund )
- Pleśnica ( Plieschnitz , Plieschratz , 1936–1945: Fuchsberg )
- Przechód ( Psychod , 1936–1945: Waldfurt )
- Przydroże Małe ( Klein Schnellendorf )
- Przydroże Wielkie ( Groß Schnellendorf )
- Puszyna ( Puschine , 1936–1945: Erlenburg )
- Rączka ( Ranisch )
- Rynarcice ( Rennersdorf )
- Rzymkowice ( Ringwitz )
- Ścinawa Mała ( Steinau OS )
- Ścinawa Nyska ( Steinsdorf )
- Stara Jamka (until 1918: Polish Jamke , then Jamke , 1936–1945: Heinrichshof OS )
- Węża ( Prockendorf )
- Wielkie Łąki ( Hillersdorf )
- Włodary ( Volkmannsdorf )
- Włostowa ( Floste )
traffic
Voivodeship roads DW407 and DW405 run through the municipality .
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 .