Gmina Cisek

Gmina Cisek Gemeinde Czissek Cisek Commune
—  Gmina  —
Coat of arms
Coordinates (Cisek): 50°17′N 18°12′E / 50.283°N 18.2°E / 50.283; 18.2Coordinates: 50°17′N 18°12′E / 50.283°N 18.2°E / 50.283; 18.2
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Opole
County	Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Seat	Cisek
Area
– Total	70.89 km2 (27.4 sq mi)
Population (2006)
– Total	6,768
– Density	95.5/km2 (247.3/sq mi)
Website	http://www.cisek.gmina.pl

Gmina Cisek, German Gemeinde Czissek is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Cisek (Czissek), which lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Kędzierzyn-Koźle and 47 km (29 mi) south-east of the regional capital Opole.

The gmina covers an area of 70.89 square kilometres (27.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,768. Since 2007 the commune has been bilingual in German and Polish, and has its signs in two languages. These signs celebrate the multicultural past of the region, which was prior to 1945 part of Germany and still maintains a large German population.

Administrative divisions

The commune contains the villages and settlements of:

• Cisek / Czissek
• Błażejowice / Blaseowitz
• Dzielnica / Dzielnitz
• Kobylice / Kobelwitz
• Landzmierz / Landsmierz
• Łany / Lohnau
• Miejsce Odrzańskie / Mistitz
• Nieznaszyn / Niesnaschin
• Podlesie / Podlesch
• Przewóz / Przewos
• Roszowice / Roschowitzdorf
• Roszowicki Las / Roschowitzwald
• Steblów / Stöblau
• Sukowice / Suckowitz

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Cisek is bordered by the gminas of Kuźnia Raciborska and Rudnik.

References

• Polish official population figures 2006
• List of minority place names