Szamotuły County
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Szamotuły County (Template:Langx) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into existence on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Szamotuły, which lies Script error: No such module "convert". north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The county contains four other towns: Wronki, Script error: No such module "convert". north-west of Szamotuły, Pniewy, Script error: No such module "convert". south-west of Szamotuły, Obrzycko, Script error: No such module "convert". north of Szamotuły, and Ostroróg, Script error: No such module "convert". north-west of Szamotuły.
The county covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert".. As of 2006 its total population is 85,849, out of which the population of Szamotuły is 18,760, that of Wronki is 11,551, that of Pniewy is 7,464, that of Obrzycko is 2,170, that of Ostroróg is 1,995, and the rural population is 43,909.
Neighbouring counties
Szamotuły County is bordered by Czarnków-Trzcianka County to the north, Oborniki County to the east, Poznań County to the south-east, Nowy Tomyśl County to the south-west and Międzychód County to the west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into eight gminas (one urban, four urban-rural and three rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
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Seat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gmina Szamotuły | urban-rural | 175.1 | 28,575 | Szamotuły |
| Gmina Wronki | urban-rural | 302.1 | 18,713 | Wronki |
| Gmina Pniewy | urban-rural | 158.6 | 11,905 | Pniewy |
| Gmina Duszniki | rural | 156.3 | 8,160 | Duszniki |
| Gmina Kaźmierz | rural | 128.2 | 7,242 | Kaźmierz |
| Gmina Ostroróg | urban-rural | 85.0 | 4,865 | Ostroróg |
| Gmina Obrzycko | rural | 110.7 | 4,219 | Obrzycko * |
| Obrzycko | urban | 3.7 | 2,170 | |
| * seat not part of the gmina | ||||
References
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