Łobez County Explained

Łobez County
Native Name:Powiat łobeski
Settlement Type:County
Total Type:Total
Image Map1:Zlo_gminy.svg
Map Caption1:Division into gminas
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:West Pomeranian
Area Total Km2:1065.13
Population Total:37931[1]
Population As Of:2014
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:20033
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:18199
Coor Pinpoint:Łobez
Coordinates:53.6333°N 52°W
Seat:Łobez
Parts Type:Gminas
Parts:Total 5
P1:Gmina Dobra
P2:Gmina Łobez
P3:Gmina Radowo Małe
P4:Gmina Resko
P5:Gmina Węgorzyno
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:ZLO
Website:http://www.powiatlobeski.pl

Łobez County (Polish: powiat łobeski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland. Its administrative seat and largest town is Łobez, which lies 73km (45miles) east of the regional capital Szczecin. The county contains three other towns: Resko, 240NaN0 north-west of Łobez, Węgorzyno, 120NaN0 south of Łobez, and Dobra, 220NaN0 west of Łobez.

A Łobez County existed prior to the abolition of the powiats in 1975. When they were reintroduced in the Polish local government reforms of 1999, there was initially no Łobez County. The present-day county was created later, in 2002, out of parts of Gryfice County, Goleniów County and Stargard County (to which Łobez itself had belonged).

The county covers an area of 1065.13km2. As of 2006 its total population is 38,232, out of which the population of Łobez is 10,617, that of Resko is 4,377, that of Węgorzyno is 3,011, that of Dobra is 2,028, and the rural population is 18,199.

Neighbouring counties

Łobez County is bordered by Gryfice County and Kołobrzeg County to the north, Świdwin County to the east, Drawsko County to the south-east, Stargard County to the south-west, and Goleniów County to the west.

Administrative division

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

GminaTypeArea
(km2)
Population
(2006)
Seat
Gmina Łobezurban-rural227.714,480Łobez
Gmina Reskourban-rural285.28,236Resko
Gmina Węgorzynourban-rural256.27,316Węgorzyno
Gmina Dobraurban-rural116.14,440Dobra
Gmina Radowo Małerural180.43,760Radowo Małe

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Notes and References

  1. Główny Urząd Statystyczny. Baza Demografia. Stan i struktura ludności, dane na dzień 31.03.2014 http://demografia.stat.gov.pl/bazademografia/Tables.aspx