Oleśnica County

Oleśnica County (Polish: powiat oleśnicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of 1,049.7 square kilometres (405.3 sq mi). Its administrative seat is the town of Oleśnica, and it also contains the towns of Syców, Twardogóra, Bierutów and Międzybórz.

Oleśnica County

Powiat oleśnicki
County
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Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
SeatOleśnica
Gminas
Area
 • Total1,049.74 km2 (405.31 sq mi)
Population
 (2019-06-30[1])
 • Total107,090
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
 • Urban
61,466
 • Rural
45,624
Car platesDOL
Websitehttp://www.powiat-olesnicki.pl

As of 2019 the total population of the county is 107,090. The most populated towns are Oleśnica with 37,169 inhabitants and Syców is 10,397 inhabitants.

Neighbouring counties

Oleśnica County is bordered by Milicz County and Ostrów Wielkopolski County to the north, Ostrzeszów County, Kępno County and Namysłów County to the east, Oława County to the south, and Wrocław County and Trzebnica County to the west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina Type Area
(km2)		 Population
(2019)		 Seat
Oleśnica urban 21.0 37,169  
Gmina Syców urban-rural 144.8 16,874 Syców
Gmina Oleśnica rural 243.4 13,689 Oleśnica*
Gmina Twardogóra urban-rural 168.0 13,008 Twardogóra
Gmina Bierutów urban-rural 147.1 9,963 Bierutów
Gmina Dobroszyce rural 131.7 6,723 Dobroszyce
Gmina Międzybórz urban-rural 88.6 5,067 Międzybórz
Gmina Dziadowa Kłoda rural 105.1 4,597 Dziadowa Kłoda
* seat not part of the gmina

References
  1. "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial divison in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-02-14.

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