Wołów County

Wołów County (Polish: powiat wołowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of 675 square kilometres (261 sq mi). Its administrative seat is the town of Wołów, although the county also contains the slightly larger town of Brzeg Dolny.

Wołów County Powiat wołowski
County
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
Seat	Wołów
Gminas	Total 3 Gmina Brzeg Dolny Gmina Wińsko Gmina Wołów
Area
• Total	675 km^2 (261 sq mi)
Population  (2019-06-30[1])
• Total	46,914
• Density	70/km^2 (180/sq mi)
• Urban	24,884
• Rural	22,030
Car plates	DWL
Website	http://www.powiatwolowski.pl/

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.

Neighbouring counties

Wołów County is bordered by Góra County to the north, Trzebnica County to the east, Środa Śląska County to the south, and Legnica County and Lubin County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into three gminas (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

References

1. "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial divison in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-02-14.