Bierawa

Bierawa
Village
Bierawa
Coordinates: 50°17′9″N 18°14′32″E / 50.28583°N 18.24222°E / 50.28583; 18.24222
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Opole
County Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Gmina Bierawa
Population 1,370
Website http://www.bierawa.pl/

Bierawa [bjɛˈrava] (German Birawa) is a village in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bierawa.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-east of Kędzierzyn-Koźle and 48 km (30 mi) south-east of the regional capital Opole.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II).

The village has a population of 1,370.

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Coordinates: 50°17′9″N 18°14′32″E / 50.28583°N 18.24222°E / 50.28583; 18.24222

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