Międzychód County

County in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Międzychód County

Powiat międzychodzki

County

Flag

Coat of arms

Location within the voivodeship

Division into gminas

Coordinates (Międzychód): 52°36′N 15°53′E﻿ / ﻿52.600°N 15.883°E﻿ / 52.600; 15.883
Country|  Poland
Voivodeship| Greater Poland
Seat| Międzychód
Gminas|

Total 4

* Gmina Chrzypsko Wielkie
* Gmina Kwilcz
* Gmina Międzychód
* Gmina Sieraków

Area

• Total| 736.66 km2 (284.43 sq mi)
Population

(2006)

• Total| 36,329
• Density| 49/km2 (130/sq mi)
• Urban

| 16,914
• Rural

| 19,415
Car plates| PMI
Website| http://www.powiat-miedzychodzki.pl

Międzychód County (Polish: powiat międzychodzki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central 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 largest town is Międzychód, which lies 74 kilometres (46 mi) west of the regional capital Poznań. The only other town in the county is Sieraków, lying 16 km (10 mi) east of Międzychód.

The county covers an area of 736.66 square kilometres (284.4 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 36,329, out of which the population of Międzychód is 10,920, that of Sieraków is 5,994, and the rural population is 19,415.

## Neighbouring counties

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Międzychód County is bordered by Czarnków-Trzcianka County to the north-east, Szamotuły County to the east, Nowy Tomyśl County to the south, Międzyrzecz County to the south-west and Strzelce-Drezdenko County to the north-west.

## Administrative division

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

Gmina | Type | Area
(km²) | Population
(2006) | Seat

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Gmina Międzychód | urban-rural  | 307.2  | 18,290  | Międzychód
Gmina Sieraków | urban-rural  | 203.3  | 8,649  | Sieraków
Gmina Kwilcz | rural  | 141.8  | 6,097  | Kwilcz
Gmina Chrzypsko Wielkie | rural  | 84.3  | 3,293  | Chrzypsko Wielkie

## References

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* Polish official population figures 2006

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Międzychód County

Seat|

* Międzychód

Urban-rural gminas|

* Gmina Międzychód
* Gmina Sieraków

Rural gminas|

* Gmina Chrzypsko Wielkie
* Gmina Kwilcz

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Counties of Greater Poland Voivodeship

City counties|

* Poznań (capital)
* Kalisz
* Konin
* Leszno

Land counties|

* Chodzież
* Czarnków-Trzcianka
* Gniezno
* Gostyń
* Grodzisk Wielkopolski
* Jarocin
* Kalisz
* Kępno
* Koło
* Konin
* Kościan
* Krotoszyn
* Leszno
* Międzychód
* Nowy Tomyśl
* Oborniki
* Ostrów Wielkopolski
* Ostrzeszów
* Piła
* Pleszew
* Poznań
* Rawicz
* Słupca
* Śrem
* Środa Wielkopolska
* Szamotuły
* Turek
* Wągrowiec
* Wolsztyn
* Września
* Złotów

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States

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