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Słupca County ( pl, powiat słupecki) 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
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Greater Poland Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo wielkopolskie; ), also known as Wielkopolska Voivodeship, Wielkopolska Province, or Greater Poland Province, is a voivodeship, or province
A province is almost always an administrative division ...
, west-central
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...
. 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
Słupca, which lies east of the regional capital
Poznań
Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...
. The only other town in the county is
Zagórów
Zagórów (german: Hinterberg) is a town in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,908 inhabitants (2004).
History
The town's name is of Old Polish origin and comes from the word ''zagór''. The oldest known mention of the s ...
, lying south of Słupca.
The county covers an area of . As of 2006 its total population is 58,725, out of which the population of Słupca is 14,363, that of Zagórów is 2,932, and the rural population is 41,430.

Neighbouring counties
Słupca County is bordered by
Mogilno County to the north,
Konin County to the east,
Pleszew County to the south,
Września County
Września County ( pl, powiat wrzesiński) 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 governm ...
to the west and
Gniezno County
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Gniezno County ( pl, powiat gnieźnieński) 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 ...
to the north-west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into eight
gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and six rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Land counties of Greater Poland Voivodeship