Oświęcim (rural municipality)
Gmina Oświęcim | ||
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Basic data | ||
State : | Poland | |
Voivodeship : | Lesser Poland | |
Powiat : | Oświęcimski | |
Geographic location : | 50 ° 1 ′ N , 19 ° 14 ′ E | |
Residents : | see Gmina | |
Postal code : | 32-600 | |
Telephone code : | (+48) 33 | |
License plate : | KOS | |
Gmina | ||
Gminatype: | Rural community | |
Gmina structure: | 2 localities | |
11 school offices | ||
Surface: | 74.47 km² | |
Residents: | 18,465 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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Population density : | 248 inhabitants / km² | |
Community number ( GUS ): | 1213062 | |
administration | ||
Address: | ul.Zamkowa 12 32-600 Oświęcim |
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Website : | www.oswiecim-gmina.pl/index.html |
The Gmina wiejska Oświęcim is a rural municipality in the powiat Oświęcimski in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship , Poland . Its seat is in the city of Oświęcim (Auschwitz) , which does not belong to the rural community.
geography
The rural community is 53 km west of Kraków and 29 km southeast of Katowice . In the municipality the Soła flows into the Wisła (Wisła).
The municipality has an area of 74.47 km². 61% of the municipal area is used for agriculture, 6% is covered with forest. It almost completely encloses the city of Oświęcim.
history
During the Second World War, the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was established in the village of Brzezinka (German Birkenau ) .
The community has been working with Auerbach in Bavaria since 1994 .
From 1975 to 1998, in both years there were reforms of the Polish administrative structures, the municipality belonged to the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship .
structure
The school authorities (Sołectwo) belong to the rural community:
- Babice (German Babitz , 1582 inhabitants),
- Broszkowice ( Broschkowitz , 563 inhabitants),
- Brzezinka ( Birkenau , 2195 inhabitants),
- Dwory II (342 inhabitants),
- Grojec (2798 inhabitants),
- Harmęże ( Harmense , 572 inhabitants),
- Pławy (330 inhabitants),
- Poręba Wielka ( Poremba Wielka , 1764 inhabitants),
- Rajsko (1300 inhabitants),
- Stawy Monowskie (319 inhabitants),
- Włosienica ( Wlocienitz , 1440 inhabitants) and
- Zaborze ( Zaborz , 2.257 inhabitants).
The village of Łazy with 396 inhabitants belongs to the Grojec Schulzenamt, as does the settlement of Stawy Grojeckie.
education
The rural community has eight kindergartens (Przedszkole) , seven elementary schools (szkoła podstawowa) and two middle schools (gimnazjum) .
Museum and sights
- Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp museum since 1947 and UNESCO World Heritage since 1979 .
- Wooden churches in Grojec and Poręba Wielka.
See also
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 .
- ↑ regioset.pl
- ↑ Dz.U. 1975 no 17 poz. 92 (Polish) (PDF; 802 kB)