Żagań County
Żagań County (Template:Langx) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Żagań, which lies Template:Convert south of Zielona Góra and Template:Convert south of Gorzów Wielkopolski. The county contains four other towns: Szprotawa, lying Template:Convert south-east of Żagań, Iłowa, lying Template:Convert south-west of Żagań, Małomice, lying Template:Convert south-east of Żagań, and Gozdnica, Template:Convert south-west of Żagań.
The county covers an area of Template:Convert. As of 2019 its total population is 79,297. The most populated towns are Żagań with 25,731 inhabitants and Szprotawa with 11,820 inhabitants.
Neighbouring counties
Żagań County is bordered by Zielona Góra County to the north, Nowa Sól County to the north-east, Głogów County and Polkowice County to the east, Bolesławiec County and Zgorzelec County to the south, and Żary County to the west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into nine gminas (two urban, three urban-rural and four rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
| Gmina | Type | Area (km2) |
Population (2019) |
Seat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Żagań | urban | 39.9 | 25,731 | |
| Gmina Szprotawa | urban-rural | 232.3 | 20,684 | Szprotawa |
| Gmina Żagań | rural | 281.1 | 7,324 | Żagań* |
| Gmina Iłowa | urban-rural | 153.1 | 6,881 | Iłowa |
| Gmina Małomice | urban-rural | 79.5 | 5,181 | Małomice |
| Gmina Niegosławice | rural | 136.1 | 4,413 | Niegosławice |
| Gmina Brzeźnica | rural | 122.2 | 3,759 | Brzeźnica |
| Gozdnica | urban | 24.0 | 3,036 | |
| Gmina Wymiarki | rural | 63.1 | 2,288 | Wymiarki |
| * seat not part of the gmina | ||||
References
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