Administrative Division
Opole Voivodeship is divided into 12 counties (powiats): 1 city county and 11 land counties. These are further divided into 71 gminas.
The counties are listed in the following table (ordering is by decreasing population).
| English and Polish names |
Area |
Population |
Seat | Other towns | Total gminas |
| City counties | |||||
| Opole | 96 | 128,034 | 1 | ||
| Land counties | |||||
| Nysa County powiat nyski |
1,224 | 145,640 | Nysa | Głuchołazy, Paczków, Otmuchów, Korfantów | 9 |
| Opole County powiat opolski |
1,587 | 134,874 | Opole * | Ozimek, Niemodlin, Prószków | 13 |
| Kędzierzyn-Koźle County powiat kędzierzyńsko-kozielski |
625 | 102,118 | Kędzierzyn-Koźle | 6 | |
| Brzeg County powiat brzeski |
877 | 92,361 | Brzeg | Grodków, Lewin Brzeski | 6 |
| Strzelce County powiat strzelecki |
744 | 80,828 | Strzelce Opolskie | Zawadzkie, Kolonowskie, Leśnica, Ujazd | 7 |
| Kluczbork County powiat kluczborski |
852 | 70,082 | Kluczbork | Wołczyn, Byczyna | 4 |
| Olesno County powiat oleski |
974 | 68,269 | Olesno | Praszka, Dobrodzień, Gorzów Śląski | 7 |
| Krapkowice County powiat krapkowicki |
442 | 67,926 | Krapkowice | Zdzieszowice, Gogolin | 5 |
| Prudnik County powiat prudnicki |
571 | 59,931 | Prudnik | Głogówek, Biała Prudnicka | 4 |
| Głubczyce County powiat głubczycki |
673 | 50,326 | Głubczyce | Kietrz, Baborów | 4 |
| Namysłów County powiat namysłowski |
748 | 43,957 | Namysłów | 5 | |
| * seat not part of the county | |||||
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