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Strzelin County ( pl, powiat strzeliński) 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, Wałb ...
, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the
Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of . Its administrative seat is the town of
Strzelin, and its only other town is
Wiązów
Wiązów (german: Wansen) is a town in Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Wiązów. The town lies approximately east of Strzelin, and sout ...
.
As of 2019 the total population of the county is 43,713, out of which the population of Strzelin is 12,460, that of Wiązów is 2,241, and the rural population is 29,012.
Neighbouring counties
Strzelin County is bordered by
Wrocław County
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Wrocław County ( pl, powiat wrocławski) 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 g ...
to the north,
Oława County to the north-east,
Brzeg County to the east,
Nysa County to the south,
Ząbkowice Śląskie County to the south-west and
Dzierżoniów County to the west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into five
gminas (two 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 Voivodes