What is "opole"

Opole (, Silesian German: Uppeln, ) is a city in southern Poland on the Oder River (Odra). It has a population of 125,992 (June 2009) and is the capital of the Opole Voivodeship and, also the seat of Opole County. Today, many German Upper Silesians and Poles of German ancestry live in the Opole region; in the city itself, however, Germans make up less than 3% of the population. It was also the capital of the historical region of Upper Silesia.

Opole is a city in south-west Poland.

Opole may also refer to:

• Opole Lubelskie, a town in eastern Poland
• Opole, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)
• Opole, Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland)
• Opole, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
• Opole (administrative), a generic term for a historical Polish unit of administrative division
• Oppilia, a historical region of Lviv Oblast, "Opole" is the transliteration of the Russian name
• Opolye or Vladimir Opole, a historical region of Russia, a kernel of the medieval state of Vladimir-Suzdal

Opole is a Polish parliamentary constituency that is coterminous with the Opole Voivodeship. It elects thirteen members of the Sejm and three members of the Senate.

The district has the number '21' for elections to the Sejm and '20' for elections to the Senate, and is named after the city of Opole. It includes the counties of Brzeg, Głubczyce, Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Kluczbork, Krapkowice, Namysłów, Nysa, Olesno, Opole, Prudnik, Strzelce, and the city county of Opole.

The opole is a historical unit of administration in Poland. An opole was characterised by close geographical ties between a group of settlements and common legal responsibilities collectively affecting all of them. The institution of the opole predates the Kingdom of Poland, and began disappearing around the 13th to 15th centuries. It was the lowest unit of administration in the medieval Polish kingdom, subordinate to the castellany.

A particular opole would be named after its largest, capital settlement. Most notably, the term survived as a name of a major city in Poland, Opole, and is also associated with the Opolans tribe.