Wołów County

Infobox Settlement
name = Wołów County
native_name=Powiat wołowski
settlement_type=

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image_shield = POL powiat wołowski COA.svg

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subdivision_type=Country
subdivision_name=POL
subdivision_type1=Voivodeship
subdivision_name1=Lower Silesian
seat = Wołów
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 3|p1=Gmina Brzeg Dolny|p2=Gmina Wińsko|p3=Gmina Wołów
area_total_km2 = 675
total_type=Total
population_total = 47445
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban=25072
population_blank1_title=Rural
population_blank1=22373
blank_name=Car plates
blank_info=DWL
website=http://www.powiatwolowski.pl/__NOTOC__Wołów County ( _pl. powiat wołowski) 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|675|km2|sqmi|0. Its administrative seat is the town of Wołów, although the county also contains the slightly larger town of Brzeg Dolny.

As at 2006 the total population of the county is 47,445, out of which the population of Wołów is 12,286, the population of Brzeg Dolny is 12,786, and the rural population is 22,373.

Neighbouring counties

Wołów County is bordered by Góra County to the north, Trzebnica County to the east, Środa Śląska County to the south, and Legnica County and Lubin County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into three gminas (two urban-rural and one 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]