Miechów County

Miechów County
Powiat miechowski

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Location within the voivodeship

Coordinates (Miechów): 50°21′28″N 20°1′57″E / 50.35778°N 20.03250°ECoordinates: 50°21′28″N 20°1′57″E / 50.35778°N 20.03250°E

Country

Poland

Seat

Total 7

Area

• Total

676.73 km² (261.29 sq mi)

Population (2006)

• Total

50,769

• Density

75/km² (190/sq mi)

• Urban

11,717

• Rural

39,052

Car plates

KMI

Website

http://www.miechow.pl

Miechów County (Polish: powiat miechowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland 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 only town is Miechów, which lies 34 kilometres (21 mi) north of the regional capital Kraków.

The county covers an area of 676.73 square kilometres (261.3 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 50,769, out of which the population of Miechów is 11,717 and the rural population is 39,052.

Neighbouring counties

Miechów County is bordered by Jędrzejów County to the north, Pińczów County and Kazimierza County to the east, Proszowice County to the south-east, Kraków County to the south, and Olkusz County and Zawiercie County to the west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Miechów	urban-rural	132.9	19,786	Miechów
Gmina Charsznica	rural	78.3	7,796	Charsznica
Gmina Gołcza	rural	90.3	6,265	Gołcza
Gmina Książ Wielki	rural	137.8	5,565	Książ Wielki
Gmina Kozłów	rural	85.8	5,004	Kozłów
Gmina Słaboszów	rural	77.0	3,839	Słaboszów
Gmina Racławice	rural	59.2	2,514	Racławice

References

Polish official population figures 2006

Miechów County

Seat	Miechów

Urban-rural gmina	Gmina Miechów

Rural gminas	Gmina Charsznica Gmina Gołcza Gmina Kozłów Gmina Książ Wielki Gmina Racławice Gmina Słaboszów

Counties of Lesser Poland Voivodeship

City counties	Kraków (capital) Nowy Sącz Tarnów

Land counties	Bochnia Brzesko Chrzanów Dąbrowa Gorlice Kraków Limanowa Miechów Myślenice Nowy Sącz Nowy Targ Olkusz Oświęcim Proszowice Sucha Tarnów Tatra Wadowice Wieliczka

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