Wołów County
Wołów County
Powiat wołowski | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location within the voivodeship | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| Seat | Wołów |
| Gminas | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 675 km2(261 sq mi) |
| Population (2019-06-30[1]) | |
| • Total | 46,914 |
| • Density | 70/km2(180/sq mi) |
| •Urban | 24,884 |
| • Rural | 22,030 |
| Car plates | DWL |
| Website | http://www.powiatwolowski.pl/ |
Wołów County(/ˈvoʊwʊf/,Polish:powiat wołowski[ˈpɔvjatvɔˈwɔfskʲi]) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) inLower Silesian Voivodeship,south-westernPoland.It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of thePolish local government reformspassed in 1998. The county covers an area of 675 square kilometres (261 sq mi). Its administrative seat is the town ofWołów,although the county also contains the slightly larger town ofBrzeg 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[edit]
Wołów County is bordered byGóra Countyto the north,Trzebnica Countyto the east,Środa Śląska Countyto the south, andLegnica CountyandLubin Countyto the west.
Administrative division[edit]
The county is subdivided into threegminas(two urban-rural and one rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
| Gmina | Type | Area (km2) |
Population (2019) |
Seat |
| Gmina Wołów | urban-rural | 331.1 | 22,443 | Wołów |
| Gmina Brzeg Dolny | urban-rural | 94.4 | 16,155 | Brzeg Dolny |
| Gmina Wińsko | rural | 249.5 | 8,316 | Wińsko |
References[edit]
- ^"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.Retrieved2020-02-14.
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