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Krosno County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (
) in
Lubusz Voivodeship, western
Poland
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, on the
German border. 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 town of
Krosno Odrzańskie, which lies west of
Zielona Góra and south of
Gorzów Wielkopolski. The only other town is
Gubin which is the biggest town in the county. It is situated on the German border west of Krosno Odrzańskie.
The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 55,018, out of which the population of Gubin is 16,619, that of Krosno Odrzańskie is 11,319, and the rural population is 27,080.
Neighbouring counties
Krosno County is bordered by
SÅ‚ubice County to the north-west,
Sulęcin County to the north,
Åšwiebodzin County to the north-east,
Zielona Góra County to the east and
Żary County to the south. It also borders
Brandenburg
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in
Germany
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to the west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into seven
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 (one urban, one urban-rural and five rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Krosno Odrzanskie County
Land counties of Lubusz Voivodeship