Zawiercie County

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Zawiercie County
Powiat zawierciański
POL powiat zawiercianski flag.svg
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Location within Silesian Voivodeship
Coordinates(Zawiercie): 50°30′N19°25′E / 50.500°N 19.417°E / 50.500; 19.417
CountryFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
Seat Zawiercie
Gminas
Area
  Total1,003.27 km2 (387.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2019-06-30 [1] )
  Total118,020
  Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
   Urban
74,500
  Rural
43,520
Car plates SZA
Website http://www.zawiercie.powiat.pl/

Zawiercie County (Polish : powiat zawierciański) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Zawiercie, which lies 41 kilometres (25 mi) north-east of the regional capital Katowice. The county contains five other towns: Poręba, 6 km (4 mi) west of Zawiercie, Łazy, 8 km (5 mi) south of Zawiercie, Ogrodzieniec, 9 km (6 mi) south-east of Zawiercie, Szczekociny, 33 km (21 mi) north-east of Zawiercie, and Pilica, 18 km (11 mi) east of Zawiercie.

Contents

The county covers an area of 1,003.27 square kilometres (387.4 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population was 118,020. The most populated towns are Zawiercie with 49,334 inhabitants and Poręba with 8,525 inhabitants.

Neighbouring counties

Zawiercie County is bordered by Częstochowa County to the north, Włoszczowa County to the north-east, Jędrzejów County and Miechów County to the east, Olkusz County and the city of Dąbrowa Górnicza to the south, Będzin County to the south-west, and Myszków County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 10 gminas (two urban, four urban-rural and four rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

GminaTypeArea
(km2)
Population
(2019)
Seat
Zawiercie urban85.249,334 
Gmina Łazy urban-rural132.615,923 Łazy
Gmina Ogrodzieniec urban-rural85.79,105 Ogrodzieniec
Gmina Pilica urban-rural138.98,625 Pilica
Poręba urban40.08,525 
Gmina Szczekociny urban-rural136.17,692 Szczekociny
Gmina Kroczyce rural110.26,331 Kroczyce
Gmina Włodowice rural76.35,235 Włodowice
Gmina Żarnowiec rural124.84,627 Żarnowiec
Gmina Irządze rural73.62,623 Irządze

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