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:

Polish/German
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.

Polish/Kashubian
Polish/Kashubian bilingual gminas in Pomeranian Voivodeship:
 * Gmina Linia (Gmina Lëniô; since 23.04.2012)
 * Gmina Luzino (Gmina Lëzëno; since 21.02.2014)
 * Gmina Parchowo (Gmina Parchòwò; since 16.08.2006)
 * Gmina Sierakowice (Gmina Serakòwice; since 23.10.2007)
 * Gmina Żukowo (Gmina Żukòwò; since 17.07.2013)

Polish/Lithuanian
Polish/Lithuanian bilingual gmina in Podlaskie Voivodeship:
 * Gmina Puńsk (Punsko valsčius; since 25 May 2006)

Polish/Belarusian
Polish/Belarusian bilingual gminas in Podlaskie Voivodeship:


 * Hajnówka-urban gmina (Гайнаўка) on 3 December 2007
 * Gmina Czyże (Гміна Чыжы) on 8 February 2010
 * Gmina Hajnówka-rural gmina (Гміна Гайнаўка) on 28 May 2010
 * Gmina Narewka (Гміна Нараўка) on 16 September 2009
 * Gmina Orla (Гміна Орля) on 7 May 2009

Polish/Lemko
Polish/Lemko bilingual names of localities in Małopolskie Voivodeship:
 * Gmina Gorlice: Bielanka
 * Gmina Uście Gorlickie: Blechnarka, Gładyszów, Konieczna, Kunkowa, Nowica, Regietów, Ropki, Zdynia

Gallery
 File:Bielanka.jpg|Polish/Lemko place-name sign in Bielanka File:Ulica_Księdza_Kossak-Główczewskiego,_Jastarnia_-_001.JPG|Polish/Kashubian street name sign in Jastarnia File:Dolina_Jadwigi_znak.jpg|Polish/Kashubian road sign with the village name (Dolina Jadwigi) File:Oleksze1.jpg|Bilingual Polish/Belarusian sign in Oleksze File:Kosorowice.jpeg|Polish/German place-name sign in Kosorowice 