1 city, 11 land counties, further divided into 71 gminas
Opole
Brzeg County
Głubczyce County
Kędzierzyn-Koźle County
Kluczbork County
Krapkowice County
Namysłów County
Nysa County
Olesno County
Opole County
Prudnik County
Strzelce County
Government
• Body
Executive board
• Voivode
Adrian Czubak (PiS)
• Marshal
Andrzej Buła (PO)
• EP
Lower Silesian and Opole
Area
• Total
9,412.5 km2 (3,634.2 sq mi)
Population
(2019-06-30[1])
• Total
984,345
• Density
100/km2 (270/sq mi)
• Urban
524,473
• Rural
459,872
GDP
[2]
• Total
€11.739 billion
• Per capita
€12,400
Languages
• Languages
Polish (official)
German (co-official in 28 communes)
ISO 3166 code
PL-16
Vehicle registration
O
HDI (2019)
0.870[3] very high · 10th
Website
http://www.umwo.opole.pl/
Historical regions in present-day Opole Voivodeship and in Poland
Opole Voivodeship (Polish: województwo opolskie[vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔɔˈpɔlskʲɛ]ⓘ), is the smallest and least populated voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole. It is part of Upper Silesia. A relatively large German minority lives in the voivodeship, and the German language is co-official in 28 communes.
Opole Voivodeship is bordered by Lower Silesian Voivodeship to the west, Greater Poland and Łódź Voivodeships to the north, Silesian Voivodeship to the east, and the Czech Republic (Olomouc Region and Moravian-Silesian Region) to the south.
Opole Province's geographic location, economic potential, and its population's level of education make it an attractive business partner for other Polish regions (especially Lower Silesian and Silesian Voivodeships) and for foreign investors. Formed in 1997, the Praděd/Pradziad Euroregion with its headquarter in Prudnik has facilitated economic, cultural and tourist exchanges between the border areas of Poland and the Czech Republic.
^"Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
^"EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^"Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Global Data Lab". globaldatalab.org. Radboud University Nijmegen. Archived from the original on 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
OpoleVoivodeship (Polish: województwo opolskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ ɔˈpɔlskʲɛ] ), is the smallest and least populated voivodeship (province) of Poland. The...
127,387 as of the 2021 census, it is the capital of OpoleVoivodeship (province) and the seat of Opole County. Its built-up (or metro area) was home to 146...
900 sq mi) (OpoleVoivodeship) to over 35,000 km2 (14,000 sq mi) (Masovian Voivodeship), and in population from nearly one million (OpoleVoivodeship) to over...
The civil flag of the OpoleVoivodeship. The state flag of the OpoleVoivodeship. On 11 June 2001, the Silesian Voivodeship adopted its civil and state...
The OpoleVoivodeship Sejmik (Polish: Sejmik Województwa Opolskiego) is the regional legislature of the Voivodeship of Opole in Poland. It is a unicameral...
in OpoleVoivodeship, where most of the minority resides, and in Silesian Voivodeship. German speakers first came to these regions (present-day Opole and...
has been divided between Lubusz Voivodeship, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, OpoleVoivodeship, and Silesian Voivodeship. Czech Silesia is now part of the...
most of the OpoleVoivodeship, except for the Lower Silesian counties of Brzeg and Namysłów, and the western half of the Silesian Voivodeship (except for...
8 voivodeships, together with its coalition partners: the agrarian Polish People's Party (PSL), the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) and, in the Opole Voivodeship...
– divided among Lubusz, Lower Silesian, and OpoleVoivodeships. The eastern half of Silesian Voivodeship (and, notably, Częstochowa in the north) was...
elections, the ŚPR ran for the regional assemblies in the Silesian and Opole provinces. It gained 3.1% (losing, among others, to another regional party...
the late Middle Ages until the 1940s, and there are 19 counties of OpoleVoivodeship where Germans make up more than 20% of the population. Germans are...
II stopnia). The number of powiats per voivodeship ranges from 12 (OpoleVoivodeship) to 42 (Masovian Voivodeship). They include two types of administrative...
de Varsovie Listed are: 1,799 schools. Digital source file for the OpoleVoivodeship (woj. opolskie) official list of schools is available at: SIO: opolskie...
Katowice Voivodeship (2), Częstochowa Voivodeship, Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, and OpoleVoivodeship. Its capital city was Katowice. Katowice Voivodeship (2)...
Prudnicium) is a town in southern Poland, located in the southern part of OpoleVoivodeship near the border with the Czech Republic. It is the administrative...
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