Łobez County

Infobox Settlement
name = Łobez County
native_name = Powiat łobeski
settlement_type = County
total_type = Total


image_shield = POL powiat łobeski COA.svg

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map_caption = Location within the voivodeship

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map_caption1 = Division into gminas
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = West Pomeranian
area_total_km2 = 1065.61
population_total = 38232
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 20033
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 18199
coor_type = Łobez
latd = 53
latm = 38
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 15
longm = 37
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Łobez
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 5
p1 = Gmina Dobra
p2 = Gmina Łobez
p3 = Gmina Radowo Małe
p4 = Gmina Resko
p5 = Gmina Węgorzyno
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = ZLO
website = http://www.powiatlobeski.pl __NOTOC__Łobez County ( _pl. powiat łobeski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland. Its administrative seat and largest town is Łobez, which lies convert|73|km|mi|0 east of the regional capital Szczecin. The county contains three other towns: Resko, convert|24|km|mi|0|abbr=on north-west of Łobez, Węgorzyno, convert|12|km|mi|0|abbr=on south of Łobez, and Dobra, convert|22|km|mi|0|abbr=on west of Łobez.

A Łobez County existed prior to the abolition of the powiats in 1975. When they were reintroduced in the administrative reforms of 1999, there was initially no Łobez County. The present-day county was created later, in 2002, out of parts of Gryfice County, Goleniów County and Stargard County (to which Łobez itself had belonged).

The county covers an area of convert|1065.61|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 38,232, out of which the population of Łobez is 10,617, that of Resko is 4,377, that of Węgorzyno is 3,011, that of Dobra is 2,028, and the rural population is 18,199.

Neighbouring counties

Łobez County is bordered by Gryfice County and Kołobrzeg County to the north, Świdwin County to the east, Drawsko County to the south-east, Stargard County to the south-west, and Goleniów County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into five gminas (four 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]