Środa Wielkopolska County

Not to be confused with Środa Śląska County, which has the same name in Polish.

Środa Wielkopolska County
Powiat średzki

County

Flag

Coat of arms

Location within the voivodeship

Coordinates (Środa Wielkopolska): 52°14′N 17°17′E / 52.233°N 17.283°ECoordinates: 52°14′N 17°17′E / 52.233°N 17.283°E

Country

Poland

Seat

Total 5

Area

• Total

623.18 km² (240.61 sq mi)

Population (2006)

• Total

54,568

• Density

88/km² (230/sq mi)

• Urban

21,635

• Rural

32,933

Car plates

PSR

Website

http://www.srodawlkp-powiat.pl/

Środa Wielkopolska County (Polish: powiat średzki) 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 only town is Środa Wielkopolska, which lies 32 kilometres (20 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań.

The county covers an area of 623.18 square kilometres (240.6 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 54,568, out of which the population of Środa Wielkopolska is 21,635 and the rural population is 32,933.

Neighbouring counties

Środa Wielkopolska County is bordered by Września County to the east, Jarocin County to the south, Śrem County to the south-west and Poznań County to the north-west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Środa Wielkopolska	urban-rural	207.1	30,023	Środa Wielkopolska
Gmina Nowe Miasto nad Wartą	rural	119.5	9,025	Nowe Miasto nad Wartą
Gmina Krzykosy	rural	110.5	6,500	Krzykosy
Gmina Zaniemyśl	rural	106.8	6,191	Zaniemyśl
Gmina Dominowo	rural	79.3	2,829	Dominowo

References

Polish official population figures 2006

Środa Wielkopolska County

Seat: Środa Wielkopolska

Urban-rural gmina	Gmina Środa Wielkopolska

Rural gminas	Gmina Dominowo Gmina Krzykosy Gmina Nowe Miasto nad Wartą Gmina Zaniemyśl

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

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