Lubań County

Lubań County Powiat lubański
County
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
Seat	Lubań
Gminas	Total 7 (incl. 2 urban) Lubań Świeradów-Zdrój Gmina Leśna Gmina Lubań Gmina Olszyna Gmina Platerówka Gmina Siekierczyn
Area
• Total	428.19 km2 (165.33 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	57,061
• Density	130/km2 (350/sq mi)
• Urban	36,229
• Rural	20,832
Car plates	DLB
Website	http://www.powiatluban.home.pl

Lubań County (Polish: powiat lubański) 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 428.2 square kilometres (165.3 sq mi). Its administrative seat and largest town is Lubań. The county also contains the towns of Olszyna, Leśna and Świeradów-Zdrój.

As at 2006 the total population of the county is 57,061, out of which the population of Lubań is 22,137, that of Olszyna is 4,786, that of Leśna is 4,752, that of Świeradów-Zdrój is 4,554, and the rural population is 20,832.

Neighbouring counties

Lubań County is bordered by Zgorzelec County to the west, Bolesławiec County to the north-east and Lwówek Śląski County to the east. It also borders the Czech Republic to the south.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Lubań	urban	16.1	22,137
Gmina Leśna	urban-rural	104.5	10,739	Leśna
Gmina Olszyna	urban-rural	47.2	6,881	Olszyna
Gmina Lubań	rural	142.2	6,482	Lubań *
Świeradów-Zdrój	urban	20.7	4,554
Gmina Siekierczyn	rural	49.6	4,517	Siekierczyn
Gmina Platerówka	rural	47.9	1,751	Platerówka
* seat not part of the gmina

References

• Polish official population figures 2006