Strzelin County

Strzelin County Powiat strzeliński
County
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
Seat	Strzelin
Gminas	Total 5 Gmina Borów Gmina Kondratowice Gmina Przeworno Gmina Strzelin Gmina Wiązów
Area
• Total	622.27 km2 (240.26 sq mi)
Population  (2009)
• Total	43,873
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
• Urban	14,422
• Rural	29,724
Car plates	DST
Website	http://www.powiatstrzelinski.pl

Strzelin County (Polish: powiat strzeliński) 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 622.3 square kilometres (240.3 sq mi). Its administrative seat is the town of Strzelin, and its only other town is Wiązów.

As at 2006 the total population of the county is 44,146, out of which the population of Strzelin is 12,192, that of Wiązów is 2,230, and the rural population is 29,724.

Neighbouring counties

Strzelin County is bordered by Wrocław County to the north, Oława County to the north-east, Brzeg County to the east, Nysa County to the south, Ząbkowice Śląskie County to the south-west and Dzierżoniów County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into five gminas (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
Gmina Strzelin	urban-rural	171.7	21,656	Strzelin
Gmina Wiązów	urban-rural	141.8	7,372	Wiązów
Gmina Przeworno	rural	112.0	5,255	Przeworno
Gmina Borów	rural	98.7	5,207	Borów
Gmina Kondratowice	rural	98.1	4,656	Kondratowice

References

• Polish official population figures 2006