Sulęcin County

Sulęcin County Powiat sulęciński
County
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Coordinates (Sulęcin): 52°27′N 15°7′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lubusz
Seat	Sulęcin
Gminas	Total 5 Gmina Krzeszyce Gmina Lubniewice Gmina Słońsk Gmina Sulęcin Gmina Torzym
Area
• Total	1,177.43 km2 (454.61 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	35,329
• Density	30/km2 (78/sq mi)
• Urban	14,357
• Rural	20,972
Car plates	FSU
Website	http://www.powiatsulecinski.pl

Sulęcin County (Template:Lang-pl) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western 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 Sulęcin, which lies 33 km (21 mi) south of Gorzów Wielkopolski and 63 km (39 mi) north-west of Zielona Góra. The county also contains the towns of Torzym, lying 16 km (10 mi) south of Sulęcin, and Lubniewice, 12 km (7 mi) north-east of Sulęcin.

The county covers an area of 1,177.43 square kilometres (454.6 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 35,329, out of which the population of Sulęcin is 9,972, that of Torzym is 2,456, that of Lubniewice is 1,929, and the rural population is 20,972.

Neighbouring counties

Sulęcin County is bordered by Gorzów County to the north, Międzyrzecz County to the east, Świebodzin County to the south-east, Krosno Odrzańskie County to the south and Słubice County to the west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Sulęcin	urban-rural	319.7	16,173	Sulęcin
Gmina Torzym	urban-rural	374.9	6,796	Torzym
Gmina Słońsk	rural	158.9	4,752	Słońsk
Gmina Krzeszyce	rural	194.2	4,547	Krzeszyce
Gmina Lubniewice	urban-rural	129.8	3,061	Lubniewice

References

• Polish official population figures 2006