Miechów County

Miechów County Powiat miechowski
County
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Coordinates (Miechów): 50°21′28″N 20°1′57″E / 50.35778°N 20.03250°ECoordinates: 50°21′28″N 20°1′57″E / 50.35778°N 20.03250°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
Seat	Miechów
Gminas	Total 7 Gmina Charsznica Gmina Gołcza Gmina Kozłów Gmina Książ Wielki Gmina Miechów Gmina Racławice Gmina Słaboszów
Area
• Total	676.73 km^2 (261.29 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	50,769
• Density	75/km^2 (190/sq mi)
• Urban	11,717
• Rural	39,052
Car plates	KMI
Website	http://www.miechow.pl

Miechów County (Polish: powiat miechowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Miechów, which lies 34 kilometres (21 mi) north of the regional capital Kraków.

The county covers an area of 676.73 square kilometres (261.3 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 50,769, out of which the population of Miechów is 11,717 and the rural population is 39,052.

Neighbouring counties

Miechów County is bordered by Jędrzejów County to the north, Pińczów County and Kazimierza County to the east, Proszowice County to the south-east, Kraków County to the south, and Olkusz County and Zawiercie County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into seven gminas (one urban-rural and six rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Miechów	urban-rural	132.9	19,786	Miechów
Gmina Charsznica	rural	78.3	7,796	Charsznica
Gmina Gołcza	rural	90.3	6,265	Gołcza
Gmina Książ Wielki	rural	137.8	5,565	Książ Wielki
Gmina Kozłów	rural	85.8	5,004	Kozłów
Gmina Słaboszów	rural	77.0	3,839	Słaboszów
Gmina Racławice	rural	59.2	2,514	Racławice

References

• Polish official population figures 2006