Polkowice County

Infobox Settlement
name = Polkowice County
native_name=Powiat polkowicki
settlement_type=

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image_shield = POL powiat polkowicki COA.svg

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subdivision_type=Country
subdivision_name=POL
subdivision_type1=Voivodeship
subdivision_name1=Lower Silesian
seat = Polkowice
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 6|p1=Gmina Chocianów|p2=Gmina Gaworzyce|p3=Gmina Grębocice|p4=Gmina Polkowice|p5=Gmina Przemków|p6=Gmina Radwanice
area_total_km2 = 779.93
total_type=Total
population_total = 61138
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban=37045
population_blank1_title=Rural
population_blank1=24093
blank_name=Car plates
blank_info=DPL
website=http://www.powiatpolkowicki.pl__NOTOC__Polkowice County ( _pl. powiat polkowicki) 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|779.9|km2|sqmi|1. Its administrative seat is the town of Polkowice, and it also contains the towns of Chocianów and Przemków.

As at 2006 the total population of the county is 61,138, out of which the population of Polkowice is 22,279, that of Chocianów is 8,215, that of Przemków is 6,551, and the rural population is 24,093.

Neighbouring counties

Polkowice County is bordered by Głogów County to the north, Lubin County to the south-east, Legnica County to the south, Bolesławiec County to the south-west and Żagań County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into six gminas (three 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]