Wołów County Explained

Wołów County
Native Name:Powiat wołowski
Settlement Type:County
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lower Silesian
Seat:Wołów
Parts Type:Gminas
Parts:Total 3
P1:Gmina Brzeg Dolny
P2:Gmina Wińsko
P3:Gmina Wołów
Area Total Km2:675
Total Type:Total
Population As Of:2019-06-30[1]
Population Total:46914
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:24884
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:22030
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:DWL
Website:http://www.powiatwolowski.pl/

Wołów County (Polish: powiat wołowski pronounced as /pl/) 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 675km2. Its administrative seat is the town of Wołów, although the county also contains the slightly larger town of Brzeg Dolny.

As of 2019 the total population of the county is 46,914, out of which the population of Wołów is 12,373, the population of Brzeg Dolny is 12,511, and the rural population is 22,030.

Neighbouring counties

Wołów County is bordered by Góra County to the north, Trzebnica County to the east, Środa Śląska County to the south, and Legnica County and Lubin 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
(km2)
Population
(2019)
Seat
Gmina Wołówurban-rural331.122,443Wołów
Gmina Brzeg Dolnyurban-rural94.416,155Brzeg Dolny
Gmina Wińskorural249.58,316Wińsko

References

51.3414°N 16.6283°W

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.