Kalisz County Explained

Kalisz County
Native Name:Powiat kaliski
Settlement Type:County
Total Type:Total
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Area Total Km2:1160.02
Population Total:80369
Population As Of:2006
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:1554
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:78815
Coor Pinpoint:Kalisz
Coordinates:51.7575°N 18.08°W
Seat:Kalisz
Parts Type:Gminas
Parts:Total 11
P1:Gmina Blizanów
P2:Gmina Brzeziny
P3:Gmina Ceków-Kolonia
P4:Gmina Godziesze Wielkie
P5:Gmina Koźminek
P6:Gmina Lisków
P7:Gmina Mycielin
P8:Gmina Opatówek
P9:Gmina Stawiszyn
P10:Gmina Szczytniki
P11:Gmina Żelazków
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:PKA
Website:http://www.powiat.kalisz.pl

Kalisz County (Polish: powiat kaliski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Kalisz, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The only town in Kalisz County is Stawiszyn, which lies 180NaN0 north of Kalisz.

The county covers an area of 1160.02km2. As of 2006 its total population is 80,369, out of which the population of Stawiszyn is 1,554 and the rural population is 78,815.

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Kalisz, Kalisz County is also bordered by Konin County to the north, Turek County to the north-east, Sieradz County to the east, Ostrzeszów County to the south, Ostrów Wielkopolski County to the west and Pleszew County to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 11 gminas (one urban-rural and 10 rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

GminaTypeArea
Population
Seat
Gmina Opatówekurban-rural104.310,148Opatówek
Gmina Blizanówrural157.89,251Blizanów
Gmina Żelazkówrural113.68,942Żelazków
Gmina Godziesze Wielkierural105.18,385Godziesze Wielkie
Gmina Szczytnikirural110.78,086Szczytniki
Gmina Koźminekrural88.47,514Koźminek
Gmina Stawiszynurban-rural78.37,244Stawiszyn
Gmina Brzezinyrural127.15,866Brzeziny
Gmina Liskówrural75.85,454Lisków
Gmina Mycielinrural110.84,950Korzeniew
Gmina Ceków-Koloniarural88.24,529Ceków-Kolonia

Notable residents

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