Żary County
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Żary County (Template:Langx) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland, on the German border. 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 Żary, which lies Script error: No such module "convert". south-west of Zielona Góra and Script error: No such module "convert". south of Gorzów Wielkopolski. The county contains three other towns: Lubsko, lying Script error: No such module "convert". north-west of Żary, Jasień, lying Script error: No such module "convert". north-west of Żary, and Łęknica, Script error: No such module "convert". west of Żary.
The county covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert".. As of 2019 its total population is 96,496, out of which the population of Żary is 37,502, that of Lubsko is 13,921, that of Jasień is 4,309, that of Łęknica is 2,478, and the rural population is 38,286.
Neighbouring counties
Żary County is bordered by Krosno Odrzańskie County to the north, Zielona Góra County to the north-east, Żagań County to the east and Zgorzelec County to the south. It also borders the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg to the west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into 10 gminas (two urban, two urban-rural and six rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
| Gmina | Type | Area (km2) |
Population (2019) |
Seat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Żary | urban | 33.2 | 37,502 | |
| Gmina Lubsko | urban-rural | 182.7 | 18,452 | Lubsko |
| Gmina Żary | rural | 294.4 | 12,343 | Żary* |
| Gmina Jasień | urban-rural | 127.0 | 7,040 | Jasień |
| Gmina Trzebiel | rural | 166.6 | 5,679 | Trzebiel |
| Gmina Brody | rural | 240.4 | 3,413 | Brody |
| Gmina Lipinki Łużyckie | rural | 88.6 | 3,366 | Lipinki Łużyckie |
| Gmina Przewóz | rural | 178.3 | 3,157 | Przewóz |
| Gmina Tuplice | rural | 65.9 | 3,066 | Tuplice |
| Łęknica | urban | 16.4 | 2,478 | |
| * seat not part of the gmina | ||||
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