Wołów County Powiat wołowski | |
|---|---|
Location within the voivodeship | |
| Country | |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| Seat | Wołów |
| Gminas | |
| Area | |
• Total | 675 km2 (261 sq mi) |
| Population (2019-06-30[1]) | |
• Total | 46,914 |
| • Density | 69.5/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 24,884 |
| • Rural | 22,030 |
| Car plates | DWL |
| Website | http://www.powiatwolowski.pl/ |
Wołów County (/ˈvoʊwʊf/,Polish:powiat wołowski[ˈpɔvjatvɔˈwɔfskʲi]) 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 675 square kilometres (261 sq mi). Its administrative seat is the town ofWołów, although the county also contains the slightly larger town ofBrzeg Dolny.
As of 2019 the total population of the county is 46,914, out of which the population of Wołów is 12,373, the population of Brzeg Dolny is 12,511, and the rural population is 22,030.
Wołów County is bordered byGóra County to the north,Trzebnica County to the east,Środa Śląska County to the south, andLegnica County andLubin County to the west.
The county is subdivided into threegminas (two urban-rural and one rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
| Gmina | Type | Area (km2) | Population (2019) | Seat |
| Gmina Wołów | urban-rural | 331.1 | 22,443 | Wołów |
| Gmina Brzeg Dolny | urban-rural | 94.4 | 16,155 | Brzeg Dolny |
| Gmina Wińsko | rural | 249.5 | 8,316 | Wińsko |
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