Ostrzeszów County

Ostrzeszów County Powiat ostrzeszowski
County
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Coordinates (Ostrzeszów): 51°24′N 18°0′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
Seat	Ostrzeszów
Gminas	Total 7 Gmina Czajków Gmina Doruchów Gmina Grabów nad Prosną Gmina Kobyla Góra Gmina Kraszewice Gmina Mikstat Gmina Ostrzeszów
Area
• Total	772.37 km2 (298.21 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	54,490
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
• Urban	18,343
• Rural	36,147
Car plates	POT
Website	http://www.powiatostrzeszowski.pl

Ostrzeszów County (Polish: powiat ostrzeszowski) 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 largest town is Ostrzeszów, which lies 134 kilometres (83 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The county also contains the towns of Grabów nad Prosną, lying 14 km (9 mi) north-east of Ostrzeszów, and Mikstat, 15 km (9 mi) north of Ostrzeszów.

The county covers an area of 772.37 square kilometres (298.2 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 54,490, out of which the population of Ostrzeszów is 14,536, that of Grabów nad Prosną is 1,967, that of Mikstat is 1,840, and the rural population is 36,147.

Neighbouring counties

Ostrzeszów County is bordered by Kalisz County to the north, Sieradz County to the east, Wieruszów County to the south-east, Kępno County to the south, Oleśnica County to the west and Ostrów Wielkopolski County to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into seven gminas (three 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 Ostrzeszów	urban-rural	187.5	23,346	Ostrzeszów
Gmina Grabów nad Prosną	urban-rural	123.6	7,837	Grabów nad Prosną
Gmina Mikstat	urban-rural	87.2	6,187	Mikstat
Gmina Kobyla Góra	rural	129.0	5,779	Kobyla Góra
Gmina Doruchów	rural	99.3	5,136	Doruchów
Gmina Kraszewice	rural	75.1	3,621	Kraszewice
Gmina Czajków	rural	70.8	2,584	Czajków

References

• Polish official population figures 2006