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__NOTOC__ Konin County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (
powiat A ''powiat'' (; ) is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture (Local administrative unit, LAU-1 ormerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS-4 ...
) in
Greater Poland Voivodeship Greater Poland Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. The province is named after the region called Greater Poland (''Wielkopolska'' ). The modern province includes most of this historic re ...
, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the
Polish local government reforms The administrative division of Poland since 1999 has been based on three levels of subdivision. The territory of Poland is divided into ''voivodeships'' (provinces); these are further divided into ''powiats'' (counties or districts), and these i ...
passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Konin, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The county contains five towns: Golina, north-west of Konin,
Kleczew Kleczew is a town in Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, central Poland. History Kleczew received town rights in 1366. It was a private town administratively located in the Konin County in the Kalisz Voivodeship (1314–1793), Kalisz Voivo ...
, north of Konin, Sompolno, north-east of Konin, Ślesin, north of Konin, and Rychwał, south of Konin. The county covers an area of . As of 2006, its total population is 123,646, out of which the population of Golina is 4,330, that of Kleczew is 4,173, that of Sompolno is 3,695, that of Ślesin is 3,102, that of Rychwał is 2,377, and the rural population is 105,969.


Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Konin, Konin County is also bordered by Mogilno County,
Inowrocław County __NOTOC__ Inowrocław County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government refor ...
and Radziejów County to the north,
Koło County __NOTOC__ Koło County () 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 in 1998. ...
to the east,
Turek County __NOTOC__ Turek County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in ...
to the south-east, Kalisz County to the south, Pleszew County to the south-west, and
Słupca County __NOTOC__ Słupca County () 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 ...
to the west.


Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 14
gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...
s (five urban-rural and nine rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.


References


Polish official population figures 2006


External links


Official county websiteTown website of Old City - www.konin-starowka.pl
{{Authority control Konin