Lwówek Śląski County

Lwówek Śląski County Powiat lwówecki
County
Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship Location within the voivodeship
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
Seat	Lwówek Śląski
Gminas	Total 5 Gmina Gryfów Śląski Gmina Lubomierz Gmina Lwówek Śląski Gmina Mirsk Gmina Wleń
Area
• Total	709.94 km2 (274.11 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	48,144
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
• Urban	24,653
• Rural	23,491
Car plates	DLW

Lwówek Śląski County (Polish: powiat lwówecki) 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 709.9 square kilometres (274.1 sq mi). Its administrative seat is the town of Lwówek Śląski, and it also contains the towns of Gryfów Śląski, Mirsk, Wleń and Lubomierz.

As at 2006 the total population of the county is 48,144, out of which the population of Lwówek Śląski is 9,687, that of Gryfów Śląski is 7,128, that of Mirsk is 4,136, that of Wleń is 1,884, that of Lubomierz is 1,818, and the rural population is 23,491.

Neighbouring counties

Lwówek Śląski County is bordered by Lubań County to the west, Bolesławiec County to the north, Złotoryja County to the east and Jelenia Góra County to the south. It also borders the Czech Republic to the south.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into five gminas (all of them urban-rural, centred on the five towns). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Lwówek Śląski	urban-rural	240.4	18,189	Lwówek Śląski
Gmina Gryfów Śląski	urban-rural	66.6	10,316	Gryfów Śląski
Gmina Mirsk	urban-rural	186.6	9,098	Mirsk
Gmina Lubomierz	urban-rural	130.4	5,933	Lubomierz
Gmina Wleń	urban-rural	86.0	4,608	Wleń

References

• Polish official population figures 2006