Oborniki County Explained

Oborniki County
Native Name:Powiat obornicki
Settlement Type:County
Total Type:Total
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Greater Poland
Area Total Km2:712.65
Population Total:55976
Population As Of:2006
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:28755
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:27221
Coor Pinpoint:Oborniki
Coordinates:52.65°N 65°W
Seat:Oborniki
Parts Type:Gminas
Parts:Total 3
P1:Gmina Oborniki
P2:Gmina Rogoźno
P3:Gmina Ryczywół
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:POB
Website:https://powiatobornicki.pl/

Oborniki County (Polish: powiat obornicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Oborniki, which lies 29km (18miles) north of the regional capital Poznań. The only other town in the county is Rogoźno, lying 170NaN0 north-east of Oborniki.

The county covers an area of 712.65km2. As of 2006 its total population is 55,976, out of which the population of Oborniki is 17,850, that of Rogoźno is 10,905, and the rural population is 27,221.

Neighbouring counties

Oborniki County is bordered by Czarnków-Trzcianka County and Chodzież County to the north, Wągrowiec County to the east, Poznań County to the south, and Szamotuły County to the west.

Administrative division

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

GminaTypeArea
Population
Seat
Gmina Obornikiurban-rural340.231,541Oborniki
Gmina Rogoźnourban-rural218.017,322Rogoźno
Gmina Ryczywółrural154.57,113Ryczywół

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