Strzelin County | |
Native Name: | Powiat strzeliński |
Settlement Type: | County |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Poland |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lower Silesian |
Seat: | Strzelin |
Parts Type: | Gminas |
Parts: | Total 5 |
P1: | Gmina Borów |
P2: | Gmina Kondratowice |
P3: | Gmina Przeworno |
P4: | Gmina Strzelin |
P5: | Gmina Wiązów |
Area Total Km2: | 622.27 |
Total Type: | Total |
Population As Of: | 2019-06-30[1] |
Population Total: | 43713 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 14701 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 29012 |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | DST |
Website: | http://www.powiatstrzelinski.pl |
Strzelin County (Polish: powiat strzeliński) 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 622.3km2. Its administrative seat is the town of Strzelin, and its only other town is Wiązów.
As of 2019 the total population of the county is 43,713, out of which the population of Strzelin is 12,460, that of Wiązów is 2,241, and the rural population is 29,012.
Strzelin County is bordered by Wrocław County to the north, Oława County to the north-east, Brzeg County to the east, Nysa County to the south, Ząbkowice Śląskie County to the south-west and Dzierżoniów County to the west.
The county is subdivided into five gminas (two 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 Strzelin | urban-rural | 171.7 | 22,167 | Strzelin |
Gmina Wiązów | urban-rural | 141.8 | 7,174 | Wiązów |
Gmina Borów | rural | 98.7 | 5,294 | Borów |
Gmina Przeworno | rural | 112.0 | 4,786 | Przeworno |
Gmina Kondratowice | rural | 98.1 | 4,292 | Kondratowice |