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Oleśnica County ( pl, powiat oleśnicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (
powiat
A ''powiat'' (pronounced ; Polish plural: ''powiaty'') is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture ( LAU-1, formerly NUTS-4) in other countries. The term "''powiat ...
) in
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbr ...
, south-western
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
. It was created on January 1, 1999, as a result of the
Polish local government reforms
The administrative division of Poland since 1999 has been based on three levels of subdivision. The territory of Poland is divided into ''voivodeships'' (provinces); these are further divided into ''powiats'' (counties or districts), and these i ...
passed in 1998. The county covers an area of . Its administrative seat is the town of
Oleśnica, and it also contains the towns of
Syców
Syców (german: Groß Wartenberg, until 1888 ''Polnisch Wartenberg'') is a town in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Syców and part of the l ...
,
Twardogóra
Twardogóra (pronounced , german: Festenberg) is a historic town in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district ( gmina) called Gmina Twardogóra. It lies approximately ...
,
Bierutów and
Międzybórz.
As of 2019 the total population of the county is 107,090. The most populated towns are Oleśnica with 37,169 inhabitants and Syców is 10,397 inhabitants.
Neighbouring counties
Oleśnica County is bordered by
Milicz County
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Milicz County ( pl, powiat milicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local governm ...
and
Ostrów Wielkopolski County to the north,
Ostrzeszów County,
Kępno County
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Kępno County ( pl, powiat kępiński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local gove ...
and
Namysłów County to the east,
Oława County to the south, and
Wrocław County and
Trzebnica County
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Trzebnica County ( pl, powiat trzebnicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local go ...
to the west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into eight
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...
s (one urban, four urban-rural and three rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
References
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Land counties of Lower Silesian Voivodeship