Góra County

Infobox Settlement
name = Góra County
native_name=Powiat górowski
settlement_type=County


image_shield = POL powiat górowski COA.svg

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subdivision_type=Country
subdivision_name=POL
subdivision_type1=Voivodeship
subdivision_name1=Lower Silesian
seat = Góra
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 4
p1=Gmina Góra|p2=Gmina Jemielno|p3=Gmina Niechlów|p4=Gmina Wąsosz
area_total_km2 = 738.11
total_type=Total
population_total = 36556
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban=15402
population_blank1_title=Rural
population_blank1=21154
blank_name=Car plates
blank_info=DGR
website=http://www.starostwo.powiatgorowski.pl/__NOTOC__Góra County ( _pl. powiat górowski) 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 Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The county covers an area of convert|738.11|km2|sqmi|1. Its administrative seat is the town of Góra; the only other town in the county is Wąsosz.

As at 2006 the total population of the county is 36,556, out of which the population of Góra is 12,574, the population of Wąsosz is 2,828, and the rural population is 21,154.

Neighbouring counties

Góra County is bordered by Leszno County to the north, Rawicz County to the east, Trzebnica County to the south-east, Wołów County to the south, Lubin County to the south-west, Głogów County to the west and Wschowa County to the north-west.

Administrative division

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

References

* [http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm Polish official population figures 2006]