Wrocław County

Wrocław County

Infobox Settlement
name = Wrocław County
native_name=Powiat wrocławski
settlement_type=



image_shield = POL powiat wrocławski COA.svg



subdivision_type=Country
subdivision_name=POL
subdivision_type1=Voivodeship
subdivision_name1=Lower Silesian
seat = Wrocław
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 9|p1=Gmina Czernica|p2=Gmina Długołęka|p3=Gmina Jordanów Śląski|p4=Gmina Kąty Wrocławskie|p5=Gmina Kobierzyce|p6=Gmina Mietków|p7=Gmina Sobótka|p8=Gmina Święta Katarzyna|p9=Gmina Żórawina
area_total_km2 = 1116.2
total_type=Total
population_total = 101913
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban=16049
population_blank1_title=Rural
population_blank1=85864
blank_name=Car plates
blank_info=DWR
website=http://www.powiatwroclawski.pl
__NOTOC__Wrocław County ( _pl. powiat wrocławski) 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|1116|km2|sqmi|0. Its administrative seat is the city of Wrocław, although this city is not part of the county (it forms a separate city county). Wrocław County consists of areas to the east and south of Wrocław, and contains three towns: Sobótka, Kąty Wrocławskie and Siechnice.

As at 2006 the total population of the county is 101,913, out of which the population of Sobótka is 6,780, that of Kąty Wrocławskie is 5,418, that of Siechnice is 3,851, and the rural population is 85,864.

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Wrocław, Wrocław County is also bordered by Trzebnica County to the north, Oleśnica County to the east, Oława County to the south-east, Strzelin County to the south, Dzierżoniów County and Świdnica County to the south-west, and Środa Śląska County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into nine gminas (three urban-rural and six 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]


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