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Lubliniec County ( pl, powiat lubliniecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (
powiat) in
Silesian 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 largest town is
Lubliniec, which lies north-west of the regional capital
Katowice
Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...
. The only other town in the county is
Woźniki
Woźniki (german: Woischnik) is a town in Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,305 inhabitants (2019).
It is situated in the historic Upper Silesia region, close to the border with Lesser Poland. According to legend, a Silesi ...
, lying north-east of Lubliniec.
The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 76,470, out of which the population of Lubliniec is 23,784, that of Woźniki is 4,305, and the rural population is 48,381.
Neighbouring counties
Lubliniec County is bordered by
Kłobuck County to the north-east,
Częstochowa County and
Myszków County to the east,
Tarnowskie Góry County to the south,
Strzelce County
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Strzelce County ( pl, powiat strzelecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government ...
to the south-west, and
Olesno County to the north-west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into eight
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 six rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
Twin regions
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Lörrach (district), Germany
References
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