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__NOTOC__ Gorzów County ( pl, powiat gorzowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of
Gorzów Wielkopolski Gorzów Wielkopolski (; german: Landsberg an der Warthe) often abbreviated to Gorzów Wlkp. or simply Gorzów, is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river. It is the second largest city in the Lubusz Voivodeship with 120,087 inhabitants (Decemb ...
, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The only towns in Gorzów County are Kostrzyn nad Odrą, which lies west of Gorzów Wielkopolski, and Witnica, west of Gorzów Wielkopolski. The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 71,669, out of which the population of Kostrzyn nad Odrą is 17,778, that of Witnica is 6,747, and the rural population is 47,144.


Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of
Gorzów Wielkopolski Gorzów Wielkopolski (; german: Landsberg an der Warthe) often abbreviated to Gorzów Wlkp. or simply Gorzów, is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river. It is the second largest city in the Lubusz Voivodeship with 120,087 inhabitants (Decemb ...
, Gorzów County is also bordered by
Strzelce-Drezdenko County __NOTOC__ Strzelce-Drezdenko County ( pl, powiat strzelecko-drezdenecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish ...
to the north-east, Międzyrzecz County to the south-east,
Sulęcin County __NOTOC__ Sulęcin County ( pl, powiat sulęciński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government refo ...
to the south, Słubice County to the south-west and Myślibórz County to the north-west. It also borders Brandenburg in Germany.


Administrative division

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


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gorzow County Land counties of Lubusz Voivodeship