Miechów County

County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Miechów County

Powiat miechowski

County

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Location within the voivodeship

Coordinates (Miechów): 50°21′28″N 20°1′57″E﻿ / ﻿50.35778°N 20.03250°E﻿ / 50.35778; 20.03250
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 km2 (261.29 sq mi)
Population

(2019)

• Total

| 48,948[1]
• Urban

| 11,612
• Rural

| 37,336
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 1 January 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 2019 its total population is 48,948, out of which the population of Miechów is 11,612 and the rural population is 37,336.

## Neighbouring counties

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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

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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
(2019)[1] | Seat

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Gmina Miechów | urban-rural  | 132.9  | 19,680  | Miechów
Gmina Charsznica | rural  | 78.3  | 7,459  | Charsznica
Gmina Gołcza | rural  | 90.3  | 6,049  | Gołcza
Gmina Książ Wielki | urban-rural  | 137.8  | 5,098  | Książ Wielki
Gmina Kozłów | rural  | 85.8  | 4,619  | Kozłów
Gmina Słaboszów | rural  | 77.0  | 3,526  | Słaboszów
Gmina Racławice | rural  | 59.2  | 2,517  | Racławice

## References

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1. ^ a b GUS. "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Retrieved 11 September 2020.

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Miechów County

Seat|

* Miechów

Urban-rural gmina|

* Gmina Miechów

Rural gminas|

* Gmina Charsznica
* Gmina Gołcza
* Gmina Kozłów
* Gmina Książ Wielki
* Gmina Racławice
* Gmina Słaboszów

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Counties of Lesser Poland Voivodeship

City counties|

* Kraków (capital)
* Nowy Sącz
* Tarnów

Land counties|

* Bochnia
* Brzesko
* Chrzanów
* Dąbrowa
* Gorlice
* Kraków
* Limanowa
* Miechów
* Myślenice
* Nowy Sącz
* Nowy Targ
* Olkusz
* Oświęcim
* Proszowice
* Sucha
* Tarnów
* Tatra
* Wadowice
* Wieliczka

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* FAST

National|

* United States

Other|

* Yale LUX

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