Poznań County
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Poznań County is a county (powiat) in western Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship. Polish name: powiat poznański. Poznań County is named after the voivodeship's capital city, Poznań, and it includes the area around it, but not the city itself which forms its own separate urban powiat. However the seat and administrative offices (starostwo) of the County are located in Poznań.
Poznań County has a population of 288,012 (as at December 31, 2005), and an area of 1900 km².
[edit] Towns and communes
Poznań County is divided into 17 gminas (communes). Of these, 2 are urban gminas (consisting of just a town), 8 are urban-rural gminas (consisting of a town and its surrounding villages and countryside), and 7 are rural gminas (villages and countryside only). Their area and population figures are as follows (correct as at December 31, 2005):[1]
Urban
- Luboń: area 13 km², pop. 26,655
- Puszczykowo: area 17 km², pop. 9,248
Urban-rural
- Buk: area 90 km², pop. 11,868 (town pop. 6,201)
- Kórnik: area 187 km², pop. 17,196 (town pop. 6,907)
- Kostrzyn: area 154 km², pop. 15,398 (town pop. 8,478)
- Mosina: area 171 km², pop. 24,954 (town pop. 12,166)
- Murowana Goślina: area 172 km², pop. 15,713 (town pop. 10,034) (2007 figures)
- Pobiedziska: area 189 km², pop. 16,214 (town pop. 8,271)
- Stęszew: area 176 km², pop. 13,845 (town pop. 5,315)
- Swarzędz: area 102 km², pop. 40,166 (town pop. 29,766)
Rural
- Czerwonak: area 82 km², pop. 23,481
- Dopiewo: area 108 km², pop. 13,460
- Kleszczewo: area 75 km², pop. 5,276
- Komorniki: area 67 km², pop. 13,992
- Rokietnica: area 79 km², pop. 9,218
- Suchy Las: area 117 km², pop. 12,907
- Tarnowo Podgorne: area 101 km², pop. 18,441
[edit] Neighbours
Poznań County is bordered by the following counties (clockwise from the north): Wągrowiec County, Gniezno County, Września County, Środa County, Śrem County, Kościan County, Grodzisk County, Nowy Tomyśl County, Szamotuły County, Oborniki County. It also has the city of Poznań as an enclave.
[edit] References
Counties of Greater Poland Voivodeship | ||
|---|---|---|
| City counties | Konin • Kalisz • Leszno • Poznań | Image:POL województwo wielkopolskie COA.svg |
| 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 • Szamotuły • Środa Wielkopolska • Śrem • Turek • Wągrowiec • Wolsztyn • Września • Złotów | |
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