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Głogów County ( pl, powiat głogowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (
powiat) in
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrz ...
, south-western
Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the
Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of . Its administrative seat and only town is
Głogów.
As of 2019 the total population of the county is 89,319, of which the population of the town of Głogów is 67,317 and the rural population is 22,002.
Neighbouring counties
Głogów County is bordered by
Wschowa County to the north-east,
Góra County to the east,
Lubin County and
Polkowice County to the south, and
Żagań County and
Nowa Sól County to the west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into six
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 and five rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
References
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Land counties of Lower Silesian Voivodeship