Legnica County Explained

Legnica County
Native Name:Powiat legnicki
Settlement Type:County
Image Map1:Podział legnicki.png
Map Caption1:Division into gminas (the red portion is the city of Legnica)
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lower Silesian
Seat:Legnica
Parts Type:Gminas
Parts:Total 8 (incl. 1 urban)
P1:Chojnów
P2:Gmina Chojnów
P3:Gmina Krotoszyce
P4:Gmina Kunice
P5:Gmina Legnickie Pole
P6:Gmina Milkowice
P7:Gmina Prochowice
P8:Gmina Ruja
Area Total Km2:744.6
Total Type:Total
Population As Of:2019-06-30[1]
Population Total:55318
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:16957
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:38361
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:DLE
Website:http://www.powiat-legnicki.eu

Legnica County (Polish: powiat legnicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of 744.6km2. Its administrative seat is the city of Legnica, although this city is not part of the county (it forms a separate city county, which is an enclave within Legnica County). The only towns in Legnica County are Chojnów and Prochowice.

As at 2019 the total population of the county is 55,318, out of which the population of Chojnów is 13,355, the population of Prochowice is 3,602, and the rural population is 38,361. The majority of the population is polish but there is a small German minority at 0.02% of the population mostly in Koiszków (Koischkau).

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Legnica, Legnica County is also bordered by Polkowice County and Lubin County to the north, Wołów County and Środa Śląska County to the east, Jawor County to the south, and Złotoryja County and Bolesławiec County to the west.

Administrative division

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

GminaTypeArea
(km2)
Population
(2019)
Seat
Chojnówurban5.313,355 
Gmina Chojnówrural231.29,634Chojnów
Gmina Prochowiceurban-rural102.67,450Prochowice
Gmina Kunicerural92.86,960Kunice
Gmina Miłkowicerural86.46,721Miłkowice
Gmina Legnickie Polerural85.45,233Legnickie Pole
Gmina Krotoszycerural67.63,326Krotoszyce
Gmina Rujarural73.42,639Ruja
  • seat not part of the gmina

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June. stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. 2020-02-14.