Oświęcim (rural municipality)

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Gmina Oświęcim
Wppen of Gmina Oświęcim
Gmina Oświęcim (Poland)
Gmina Oświęcim
Gmina Oświęcim
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Lesser Poland
Powiat : Oświęcimski
Geographic location : 50 ° 1 ′  N , 19 ° 14 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 0 ′ 45 ″  N , 19 ° 14 ′ 15 ″  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)
Population density : 248 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ): 1213062
administration
Address:
ul.Zamkowa 12 32-600 Oświęcim
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 in the powiat Oświęcimski
The rural parish villages

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

See also

Web links

Commons : Gmina Oświęcim  - 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 .
  2. ↑ regioset.pl
  3. ↑ Dz.U. 1975 no 17 poz. 92 (Polish) (PDF; 802 kB)