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Jarocin County ( pl, powiat jarociński) 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 government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is
Jarocin, which lies south-east of the regional capital
Poznań. The only other town in the county is
Żerków, lying north of Jarocin.
The county covers an area of . As of 2006 its total population is 70,390, out of which the population of Jarocin is 25,834, that of Żerków is 2,058, and the rural population is 42,498.
Neighbouring counties
Jarocin County is bordered by
Åšroda Wielkopolska County and
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 north,
Pleszew County to the east,
Krotoszyn County to the south, and
Gostyń County and
Åšrem County
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Śrem County ( pl, powiat śremski) 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 gover ...
to the west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into four
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 (two urban-rural and two rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
{{Greater Poland Voivodeship
Jarocin