Branice

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Branice

Total population

2,300

Elevation303 m

Coordinates50.05°, 17.79°

Demographic figures from Statistics Poland (GUS). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Branice is a town located in the Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. It belongs to Głubczyce County and is the seat of Gmina Branice. It has about 2,000 inhabitants.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

T

Tomáš Bucháček

Czech biker

Jan Klein

Czech imunologist (1936–2023)

K

Karl Kaufmann

Austrian painter (1843–1905)

Otto Halke

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament and German nation politician (1882-1973)

H

Heinrich Langer

Russian architect

A

Alois Geldner

Czechoslovak architect (1860-1923)

Jiří Trávníček

Czech violinist

P

Petr Glončák

K

Karl Florian Schmid

J

Jannis Samaras

CEO of Kofola

Vilém Hlavsa

Czech ice dancer

G

Gerta Moray

Canadian art historian

P

Pavel Komínek

researcher

H

Heinrich Czeschner

architect in Olomouc, Czechia (1869-1945)

A

Anna Skýbová

Vít Dohnal

Czech archaeologist (1932-2020)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Violet ground beetle

Carabus violaceus

Seen 2026-09-17

Large Yellow Underwing

Noctua pronuba

Seen 2026-09-17

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-09-15

Box Tree Moth

Cydalima perspectalis

Seen 2026-09-15

European lily of the valley

Convallaria majalis

Seen 2026-09-04

mouse-eared hawkweed

Pilosella officinarum

Seen 2026-09-01

Willow Beauty

Peribatodes rhomboidaria

Seen 2026-09-01

Knot Grass Moth

Acronicta rumicis

Seen 2026-08-31

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-08-31

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).