Bilingual communes in Poland

The bilingual status of gminas (municipalities) in Poland is regulated by the Act of 6 January 2005 on National and Ethnic Minorities and on the Regional Languages, which permits certain gminas with significant linguistic minorities to introduce a second, auxiliary language to be used in official contexts alongside Polish. So far 44 gminas have done this:^[1]

Polish/German

German language as auxiliary language in 22 municipalities in Opole and Silesia Voivodeships (slightly outdated map from 2010)

Polish/German bilingual gminas (Gemeinden) in

Opole Voivodeship (28 municipalities)
- Gmina Biała / Gemeinde Zülz (since 06.03.2006)
- Gmina Bierawa / Gemeinde Birawa (since 23.04.2007)
- Gmina Chrząstowice / Gemeinde Chronstau (since 25.01.2006)
- Gmina Cisek / Gemeinde Czissek
- Gmina Dobrodzień / Gemeinde Guttentag (since 13.05.2009)
- Gmina Dobrzeń Wielki / Gemeinde Groß Döbern (since 22.04.2009)
- Gmina Głogówek / Gemeinde Oberglogau (since 22.04.2009)
- Gmina Gogolin / Gemeinde Gogolin
- Gmina Izbicko / Gemeinde Stubendorf (since 06.03.2006)
- Gmina Jemielnica / Gemeinde Himmelwitz (since 28.08.2006)
- Gmina Kolonowskie / Gemeinde Colonnowska (since 22.09.2006)
- Gmina Komprachcice / Gemeinde Comprachtschütz (since 04.06.2009)
- Gmina Lasowice Wielkie / Gemeinde Gross Lassowitz (since 18.10.2006)
- Gmina Leśnica / Gemeinde Leschnitz (since 17.05.2006)
- Gmina Łubniany / Gemeinde Lugnian
- Gmina Murów / Gemeinde Murow (since 22.04.2009)
- Gmina Pawłowiczki / Gemeinde Gnadenfeld
- Gmina Polska Cerekiew / Gemeinde Groß Neukirch
- Gmina Popielów / Gemeinde Poppelau
- Gmina Prószków / Gemeinde Proskau (since 11.07.2006)
- Gmina Radłów / Gemeinde Radlau (since 25.01.2006)
- Gmina Reńska Wieś / Gemeinde Reinschdorf (since 26.10.2006)
- Gmina Strzeleczki / Gemeinde Klein Strehlitz (since 17.05.2006)
- Gmina Tarnów Opolski / Gemeinde Tarnau (since 15.02.2007)
- Gmina Turawa / Gemeinde Turawa (since 12.09.2008)
- Gmina Ujazd / Gemeinde Ujest (since 28.08.2006)
- Gmina Walce / Gemeinde Walzen (since 04.04.2006)
- Gmina Zębowice / Gemeinde Zembowitz (since 23.10.2007)
Silesian Voivodeship (3 municipalities)
- Gmina Krzanowice / Gemeinde Kranowitz
- Gmina Rudnik / Gemeinde Rudnik
- Gmina Sośnicowice / Gemeinde Kieferstädtel

Other gminas in Opole Voivodeship and Silesian Voivodeship which would be permitted by the Act to make German an auxiliary language are Olesno and Pawłowiczki.