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Pajęczno County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (
) in
Łódź Voivodeship, central
Poland
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. 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
Pajęczno, which lies south-west of the regional capital
Łódź. The only other town in the county is
Działoszyn, lying west of Pajęczno.
The county covers an area of . As of 2006 its total population is 53,395, out of which the population of Pajęczno is 6,674, that of Działoszyn is 6,276, and the rural population is 40,445.
Neighbouring counties
Pajęczno County is bordered by
Bełchatów County to the north-east,
Radomsko County to the east,
Częstochowa County and
Kłobuck County to the south, and
Wieluń County to the west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into eight
gmina
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s (two urban-rural and six rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Land counties of Łódź Voivodeship