Chrzanów County

Chrzanów County Powiat chrzanowski
County
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Division into gminas
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
Seat	Chrzanów
Gminas	Total 5 Gmina Alwernia Gmina Babice Gmina Chrzanów Gmina Libiąż Gmina Trzebinia
Area
• Total	371.49 km2 (143.43 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	128,103
• Density	340/km2 (890/sq mi)
• Urban	79,576
• Rural	48,527
Car plates	KCH
Website	http://www.powiat-chrzanowski.pl

Chrzanów County (Polish: powiat chrzanowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Chrzanów, which lies 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of the regional capital Kraków. The county contains three other towns: Trzebinia, 8 km (5 mi) north-east of Chrzanów, Libiąż, 8 km (5 mi) south-west of Chrzanów, and Alwernia, 12 km (7 mi) south-east of Chrzanów.

The county covers an area of 371.49 square kilometres (143.4 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 128,103, out of which the population of Chrzanów is 39,797, that of Trzebinia is 18,769, that of Libiąż is 17,604, that of Alwernia is 3,406, and the rural population is 48,527.

Neighbouring counties

Chrzanów County is bordered by Olkusz County to the north-east, Kraków County to the east, Wadowice County to the south, Oświęcim County to the south-west and the city of Jaworzno to the west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Chrzanów	urban-rural	79.3	49,752	Chrzanów
Gmina Trzebinia	urban-rural	105.2	33,959	Trzebinia
Gmina Libiąż	urban-rural	57.2	22,900	Libiąż
Gmina Alwernia	urban-rural	75.3	12,689	Alwernia
Gmina Babice	rural	54.5	8,803	Babice

References

• Polish official population figures 2006