Kłodzko County

Infobox Settlement
name = Kłodzko County
native_name=Powiat kłodzki
settlement_type=

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image_shield = POL powiat kłodzki COA.svg

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subdivision_type=Country
subdivision_name=POL
subdivision_type1=Voivodeship
subdivision_name1=Lower Silesian
seat = Kłodzko
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 14 (incl. 5 urban)
p1=Duszniki-Zdrój|p2=Kłodzko|p3=Kudowa-Zdrój|p4=Nowa Ruda|p5=Polanica-Zdrój|p6=Gmina Bystrzyca Kłodzka|p7=Gmina Kłodzko|p8=Gmina Lądek-Zdrój|p9=Gmina Lewin Kłodzki|p10=Gmina Międzylesie|p11=Gmina Nowa Ruda|p12=Gmina Radków|p13=Gmina Stronie Śląskie|p14=Gmina Szczytna
area_total_km2 = 1643.37
total_type=Total
population_total = 166447
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban=108262
population_blank1_title=Rural
population_blank1=58185
blank_name=Car plates
blank_info=DKL
website=http://www.powiat.klodzko.pl__NOTOC__Kłodzko County ( _pl. powiat kłodzki) 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. Its area roughly corresponds to the former German "Grafschaft Glatz".

The county covers an area of convert|1643|km2|sqmi|0. Its administrative seat is the town of Kłodzko; it also contains the towns of Duszniki-Zdrój, Nowa Ruda, Polanica-Zdrój, Bystrzyca Kłodzka, Kudowa-Zdrój, Lądek-Zdrój, Międzylesie, Radków, Stronie Śląskie and Szczytna. (The suffix "Zdrój" appearing in several of these names means "spa".)

As at 2006 the total population of the county is 166,447, out of which the total population of the towns is 108,262 and the rural population is 58,185.

Neighbouring counties

Kłodzko County is bordered by Wałbrzych County to the north-west, Dzierżoniów County to the north and Ząbkowice Śląskie County to the north-east. It also borders the Czech Republic to the south.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 14 gminas (five urban, six urban-rural and three 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]