*** Welcome to piglix ***

Gmina Pietrowice Wielkie

Gmina Pietrowice Wielkie
Pietrowice Wielkie Commune
Gmina
Chapell in Lekartów
Chapell in Lekartów
Flag of Gmina Pietrowice Wielkie
Flag
Coat of arms of Gmina Pietrowice Wielkie
Coat of arms
Coordinates (Pietrowice Wielkie): 50°5′6″N 18°5′1″E / 50.08500°N 18.08361°E / 50.08500; 18.08361Coordinates: 50°5′6″N 18°5′1″E / 50.08500°N 18.08361°E / 50.08500; 18.08361
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County Racibórz
Seat Pietrowice Wielkie
Area
 • Total 68.07 km2 (26.28 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Total 7,185
 • Density 110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Website http://www.pietrowicewielkie.pl

Gmina Pietrowice Wielkie is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Czech border. Its seat is the village of Pietrowice Wielkie, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) west of Racibórz and 68 km (42 mi) west of the regional capital Katowice.

The gmina covers an area of 68.07 square kilometres (26.3 sq mi), and, as of 2006, its total population is 7,185.

Gmina Pietrowice Wielkie contains the villages and settlements of Amandów, Cyprzanów, Gródczanki, Kornice, Krowiarki, Lekartów, Maków, Pawłów, Pietrowice Wielkie, Samborowice and Żerdziny.

Gmina Pietrowice Wielkie is bordered by the town of Racibórz and by the gminas of Baborów, Kietrz, Krzanowice and Rudnik. It also borders the Czech Republic.

Memmorial in Cyprzanów

Plantation in Samborowice

Abandoned train station in Pietrowice Wielkie


...
Wikipedia

...