Lubań County Powiat lubański | |
|---|---|
Location within the voivodeship | |
| Country | |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| Seat | Lubań |
| Gminas | Total 7 (incl. 2 urban) |
| Area | |
• Total | 428.19 km2 (165.33 sq mi) |
| Population (2019-06-30[1]) | |
• Total | 54,493 |
| • Density | 127.26/km2 (329.61/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 34,021 |
| • Rural | 20,472 |
| Car plates | DLB |
| Website | http://www.powiatluban.home.pl |
Lubań County (Polish:powiat lubański) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) inLower Silesian Voivodeship, south-westernPoland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of thePolish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of 428.2 square kilometres (165.3 sq mi). Its administrative seat and largest town isLubań. The county also contains the towns ofOlszyna,Leśna andŚwieradów-Zdrój.
As at 2006 the total population of the county is 54,493, out of which the population of Lubań is 21,087, that of Leśna is 4,439, that of Olszyna is 4,348, that of Świeradów-Zdrój is 4,147, and the rural population is 20,472.
Lubań County is bordered byZgorzelec County to the west,Bolesławiec County to the north-east andLwówek Śląski County to the east. It also borders theCzech Republic to the south.
The county is subdivided into sevengminas (two urban, two urban-rural and three rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
| Gmina | Type | Area (km2) | Population (2019) | Seat |
| Lubań | urban | 16.1 | 21,087 | |
| Gmina Leśna | urban-rural | 104.5 | 10,013 | Leśna |
| Gmina Lubań | rural | 142.2 | 6,601 | Lubań* |
| Gmina Olszyna | urban-rural | 47.2 | 6,504 | Olszyna |
| Gmina Siekierczyn | rural | 49.6 | 4,510 | Siekierczyn |
| Świeradów-Zdrój | urban | 20.7 | 4,147 | |
| Gmina Platerówka | rural | 47.9 | 1,631 | Platerówka |
| * seat not part of the gmina | ||||