__NOTOC__ Gmina Dobrodzień () is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Dobrodzień, which lies approximately south of Olesno and east of the regional capital Opole.

The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 9,877.

Since 2009 the commune has been officially bilingual in Polish and German due to a sizeable German minority in the area, many ethnic Germans have remained despite the area being transferred to Poland after World War II.

Villages The commune contains the villages and settlements of:

Dobrodzień Bąki Błachów Bzinica Nowa Bzinica Stara Główczyce Gosławice Klekotna Kocury Kolejka Ligota Dobrodzieńska Makowczyce Malichów Myślina Pietraszów Pludry Rzędowice Szemrowice Turza Warłów Zwóz

Neighbouring gminas Gmina Dobrodzień is bordered by the gminas of Ciasna, Kolonowskie, Olesno, Ozimek, Pawonków, Zawadzkie and Zębowice.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Dobrodzień is twinned with: Chortkiv, Ukraine Haan, Germany

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