Wrocław County | |
Native Name: | Powiat wrocławski |
Settlement Type: | County |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lower Silesian |
Seat: | Wrocław |
Parts Type: | Gminas |
Parts: | Total 9 |
P1: | Gmina Czernica |
P2: | Gmina Długołęka |
P3: | Gmina Jordanów Śląski |
P4: | Gmina Kąty Wrocławskie |
P5: | Gmina Kobierzyce |
P6: | Gmina Mietków |
P8: | Gmina Sobótka |
P7: | Gmina Siechnice |
P9: | Gmina Żórawina |
Area Total Km2: | 1116.2 |
Total Type: | Total |
Population As Of: | 2019-06-30[1] |
Population Total: | 148663 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 22088 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 126575 |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | DWR |
Website: | http://www.powiatwroclawski.pl |
Wrocław County (Polish: powiat wrocławski) 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 1116km2. Its administrative seat is the city of Wrocław, although this city is not part of the county (it forms a separate city county). Wrocław County consists of areas to the east and south of Wrocław (city with county rights), and contains three towns: Sobótka, Kąty Wrocławskie and Siechnice.
As of 2019 the total population of the county is 148,663, out of which the population of Siechnice is 8,113, that of Kąty Wrocławskie is 6,994, that of Sobótka is 6,981, and the rural population is 126,575.
Apart from the city of Wrocław, Wrocław County is also bordered by Trzebnica County to the north, Oleśnica County to the east, Oława County to the south-east, Strzelin County to the south, Dzierżoniów County and Świdnica County to the south-west, and Środa Śląska County to the west.
The county is subdivided into nine gminas (three urban-rural and six rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
Gmina | Type | Area (km2) | Population (2019) | Seat |
Gmina Długołęka | rural | 212.4 | 33,022 | Długołęka |
Gmina Kąty Wrocławskie | urban-rural | 176.5 | 24,927 | Kąty Wrocławskie |
Gmina Siechnice | urban-rural | 98.6 | 22,396 | Siechnice |
Gmina Kobierzyce | rural | 149.1 | 21,503 | Kobierzyce |
Gmina Czernica | rural | 84.2 | 16,070 | Czernica |
Gmina Sobótka | urban-rural | 135.4 | 12,854 | Sobótka |
Gmina Żórawina | rural | 120.1 | 10,967 | Żórawina |
Gmina Mietków | rural | 83.3 | 3,767 | Mietków |
Gmina Jordanów Śląski | rural | 56.6 | 3,157 | Jordanów Śląski |