Lwówek Śląski County

Infobox Settlement
name = Lwówek Śląski County
native_name=Powiat lwówecki
settlement_type=County


image_shield = POL powiat lwówecki COA.svg

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subdivision_type=Country
subdivision_name=POL
subdivision_type1=Voivodeship
subdivision_name1=Lower Silesian
seat = Lwówek Śląski
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 5|p1=Gmina Gryfów Śląski|p2=Gmina Lubomierz|p3=Gmina Lwówek Śląski|p4=Gmina Mirsk|p5=Gmina Wleń
area_total_km2 = 709.94
total_type=Total
population_total = 48144
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban=24653
population_blank1_title=Rural
population_blank1=23491
blank_name=Car plates
blank_info=DLW
website=__NOTOC__Lwówek Śląski County ( _pl. powiat lwówecki) 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|709.9|km2|sqmi|1. Its administrative seat is the town of Lwówek Śląski, and it also contains the towns of Gryfów Śląski, Mirsk, Wleń and Lubomierz.

As at 2006 the total population of the county is 48,144, out of which the population of Lwówek Śląski is 9,687, that of Gryfów Śląski is 7,128, that of Mirsk is 4,136, that of Wleń is 1,884, that of Lubomierz is 1,818, and the rural population is 23,491.

Neighbouring counties

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

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into five gminas (all of them urban-rural, centred on the five towns). 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]