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.
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.
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.
Gmina | Type | Area (km2) | Population (2019) | Seat |
Gmina Polkowice | urban-rural | 158.8 | 27,676 | Polkowice |
Gmina Chocianów | urban-rural | 230.3 | 12,778 | Chocianów |
Gmina Przemków | urban-rural | 108.0 | 8,329 | Przemków |
Gmina Grębocice | rural | 121.9 | 5,358 | Grębocice |
Gmina Radwanice | rural | 84.0 | 4,810 | Radwanice |
Gmina Gaworzyce | rural | 77.0 | 3,997 | Gaworzyce |