Polkowice County Explained

Polkowice County
Native Name:Powiat polkowicki
Settlement Type:County
Map Caption1:Map of the county
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lower Silesian
Seat:Polkowice
Parts Type:Gminas
Parts:Total 6
P1:Gmina Chocianów
P2:Gmina Gaworzyce
P3:Gmina Grębocice
P4:Gmina Polkowice
P5:Gmina Przemków
P6:Gmina Radwanice
Area Total Km2:779.93
Total Type:Total
Population As Of:2019-06-30[1]
Population Total:62948
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:36479
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:26469
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:DPL
Website:http://www.powiatpolkowicki.pl

Polkowice County (Polish: powiat polkowicki) 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 779.9km2. Its administrative seat is the town of Polkowice, and it also contains the towns of Chocianów and Przemków.

As of 2019 the total population of the county is 62,948, out of which the population of Polkowice is 22,480, that of Chocianów is 7,892, that of Przemków is 6,107, and the rural population is 26,469.

Neighbouring counties

Polkowice County is bordered by Głogów County to the north, Lubin County to the south-east, Legnica County to the south, Bolesławiec County to the south-west and Żagań County to the west.

Administrative division

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

GminaTypeArea
(km2)
Population
(2019)
Seat
Gmina Polkowiceurban-rural158.827,676Polkowice
Gmina Chocianówurban-rural230.312,778Chocianów
Gmina Przemkówurban-rural108.08,329Przemków
Gmina Grębocicerural121.95,358Grębocice
Gmina Radwanicerural84.04,810Radwanice
Gmina Gaworzycerural77.03,997Gaworzyce

References

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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.