Opole Voivodeship

Opole Voivodeship Województwo opolskie
Voivodeship
Flag Coat of arms
Location within Poland
Division into counties
Country	Poland
Capital	Opole
Counties	1 city, 11 land counties * Opole Brzeg County Głubczyce County Kędzierzyn-Koźle County Kluczbork County Krapkowice County Namysłów County Nysa County Olesno County Opole County Prudnik County Strzelce County
Area
• Total	9,411 km2 (3,634 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	991,161
• Density	110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Car plates	O
Website	http://www.opolskie.pl/
further divided into 71 gminas

Opole Voivodeship is one of the 16 Voivodeships of Poland. It can be found in the southern Poland. It is mostly in the historical land Upper Silesia. The capital of the Voivodeship is Opole.

It was created on 1 January 1999.

Administrative division

Opole Voivodeship is divided into 12 counties (powiats): 1 city county and 11 land counties. These are further divided into 71 gminas.

English and Polish names	Area (km²)	Population (2020)	Seat	Other towns	Total gminas
City counties
Opole	148,88	128 012			1
Land counties
Nysa County powiat nyski	1223,88	135 524	Nysa	Głuchołazy, Korfantów, Otmuchów, Paczków	9
Opole County powiat opolski	1534,30	123 813	Opole*	Niemodlin, Ozimek, Prószków, Tułowice	13
Kędzierzyn-Koźle County powiat kędzierzyńsko-kozielski	625,13	93 544	Kędzierzyn-Koźle		6
Brzeg County powiat brzeski	875,96	89 632	Brzeg	Grodków, Lewin Brzeski	6
Strzelce County powiat strzelecki	744,27	74 171	Strzelce Opolskie	Kolonowskie, Leśnica, Ujazd, Zawadzkie	7
Kluczbork County powiat kluczborski	851,91	65 266	Kluczbork	Byczyna, Wołczyn	4
Olesno County powiat oleski	973,38	64 167	Olesno	Dobrodzień, Gorzów Śląski, Praszka	7
Krapkowice County powiat krapkowicki	441,80	63 580	Krapkowice	Gogolin, Zdzieszowice	5
Prudnik County powiat prudnicki	571,55	55 091	Prudnik	Biała Prudnicka, Głogówek	4
Głubczyce County powiat głubczycki	672,63	45 291	Głubczyce	Baborów, Kietrz	4
Namysłów County powiat namysłowski	748,18	42 680	Namysłów		5
* seat not part of the county

Protected areas

Protected areas in Opole Voivodeship include three Landscape Parks. These are listed below.

• Opawskie Mountains Landscape Park
• Góra Świętej Anny Landscape Park
• Stobrawa Landscape Park

Gallery

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  Opole

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  Kędzierzyn-Koźle

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  Nysa

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  Brzeg

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  Kluczbork

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  Prudnik

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  Strzelce Opolskie

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  Krapkowice