Opole Voivodeship

**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.
|align="center"|**English and Polish names**|align="center"|**Area <small>(km²)</small>**|align="center"|**Population <small>(2020)</small>**|align="center"|**Seat**|width="30%" align="center"|**Other towns**|align="center"|**Total gminas**|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan=6|**City counties**|||||||||||
|Opole|align="right"|148,88|align="right"|128 012|colspan=2||align="center"|1||||
|colspan=6|**Land counties**|||||||||||
|Nysa County powiat nyski|align="right"|1223,88|align="right"|135 524|Nysa|Głuchołazy, Korfantów, Otmuchów, Paczków|align="center"|9||||
|Opole County powiat opolski|align="right"|1534,30|align="right"|123 813|Opole*|Niemodlin, Ozimek, Prószków, Tułowice|align="center"|13||||
|Kędzierzyn-Koźle County powiat kędzierzyńsko-kozielski|align="right"|625,13|align="right"|93 544|Kędzierzyn-Koźle||align="center"|6||||
|Brzeg County powiat brzeski|align="right"|875,96|align="right"|89 632|Brzeg|Grodków, Lewin Brzeski|align="center"|6||||
|Strzelce County powiat strzelecki|align="right"|744,27|align="right"|74 171|Strzelce Opolskie|Kolonowskie, Leśnica, Ujazd, Zawadzkie|align="center"|7||||
|Kluczbork County powiat kluczborski|align="right"|851,91|align="right"|65 266|Kluczbork|Byczyna, Wołczyn|align="center"|4||||
|Olesno County powiat oleski|align="right"|973,38|align="right"|64 167|Olesno|Dobrodzień, Gorzów Śląski, Praszka|align="center"|7||||
|Krapkowice County powiat krapkowicki|align="right"|441,80|align="right"|63 580|Krapkowice|Gogolin, Zdzieszowice|align="center"|5||||
|Prudnik County powiat prudnicki|align="right"|571,55|align="right"|55 091|Prudnik|Biała Prudnicka, Głogówek|align="center"|4||||
|Głubczyce County powiat głubczycki|align="right"|672,63|align="right"|45 291|Głubczyce|Baborów, Kietrz|align="center"|4||||
|Namysłów County powiat namysłowski|align="right"|748,18|align="right"|42 680|Namysłów||align="center"|5||||
|colspan=6 style="text-align:center;font-size:90%"|* 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

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Opole Voivodeship
- **native name**: Województwo opolskie
- **settlement type**: Voivodeships of Poland, Voivodeship
- **image flag**: POL województwo opolskie flag.svg
- **image shield**: POL województwo opolskie COA.svg
- **image map**: Opolskie (EE,E NN,N).png
- **map caption**: Location within Poland
- **image map1**: Opole Voivodeship admi map.svg
- **map caption1**: Division into counties
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Opole
- **parts type**: Powiat, Counties
- **parts**: 1 city, 11 land counties *
- **p1**: Opole
- **p2**: Brzeg County
- **p3**: Głubczyce County
- **p4**: Kędzierzyn-Koźle County
- **p5**: Kluczbork County
- **p6**: Krapkowice County
- **p7**: Namysłów County
- **p8**: Nysa County
- **p9**: Olesno County
- **p10**: Opole County
- **p11**: Prudnik County
- **p12**: Strzelce County
- **coor pinpoint**: Opole
- **area total km2**: 9,411
- **total type**: Total
- **population total**: 991161
- **population as of**: 2017
- **population density km2**: auto
- **blank name**: Polish car number plates, Car plates
- **blank info**: O
- **website**: http://www.opolskie.pl/
- **footnotes**: * further divided into 71 gminas