Środa Śląska County

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

Środa Śląska County Powiat średzki
County
Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship Location within the voivodeship
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
Seat	Środa Śląska
Gminas	Total 5 Gmina Kostomłoty Gmina Malczyce Gmina Miękinia Gmina Środa Śląska Gmina Udanin
Area
• Total	703.68 km2 (271.69 sq mi)
Population (2009)
• Total	50,119
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
• Urban	8,800
• Rural	40,408
Car plates	DSR
Website	http://www.powiat-sredzki.pl

Środa Śląska County (Polish: powiat średzki) 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 703.7 square kilometres (271.7 sq mi). Its administrative seat and only town is Środa Śląska.

As at 2006 the total population of the county is 49,208, out of which the population of Środa Śląska accounts for 8,800, while the rural population is 40,408.

Neighbouring counties

Środa Śląska County is bordered by Wołów County to the north, Trzebnica County to the north-east, the city of Wrocław and Wrocław County to the east, Świdnica County to the south, and Jawor County and Legnica County to the 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 Śląska	urban-rural	214.9	19,076	Środa Śląska
Gmina Miękinia	rural	179.5	11,635	Miękinia
Gmina Kostomłoty	rural	146.3	6,872	Kostomłoty
Gmina Malczyce	rural	52.6	5,975	Malczyce
Gmina Udanin	rural	110.7	5,650	Udanin

External links

• Official county website

References

• Polish official population figures 2006