Goleniów County

Goleniów County Powiat goleniowski
County
Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Division into gminas
Coordinates (Goleniów): 53°33′N 14°49′E / 53.550°N 14.817°ECoordinates: 53°33′N 14°49′E / 53.550°N 14.817°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	West Pomeranian
Seat	Goleniów
Gminas	Total 6 Gmina Goleniów Gmina Maszewo Gmina Nowogard Gmina Osina Gmina Przybiernów Gmina Stepnica
Area
• Total	1,616.99 km^2 (624.32 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	78,738
• Density	49/km^2 (130/sq mi)
• Urban	42,266
• Rural	36,472
Car plates	ZGL
Website	http://www.powiat-goleniowski.pl

Goleniów County (Polish: powiat goleniowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western 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 Goleniów, which lies 22 kilometres (14 mi) north-east of the regional capital Szczecin. The county also contains the towns of Nowogard, lying 24 km (15 mi) north-east of Goleniów, and Maszewo, 19 km (12 mi) south-east of Goleniów.

The county covers an area of 1,616.99 square kilometres (624.3 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 78,738, out of which the population of Goleniów is 22,448, that of Nowogard is 16,745, that of Maszewo is 3,073, and the rural population is 36,472.

Neighbouring counties

Goleniów County is bordered by Kamień County and Gryfice County to the north, Łobez County to the east, Stargard County to the south, the city of Szczecin to the south-west, Police County to the west, and the city of Świnoujście (across the Szczecin Lagoon) to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into six gminas (three urban-rural and three rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Goleniów	urban-rural	443.1	33,137	Goleniów
Gmina Nowogard	urban-rural	338.7	24,510	Nowogard
Gmina Maszewo	urban-rural	210.5	8,312	Maszewo
Gmina Przybiernów	rural	228.7	5,194	Przybiernów
Gmina Stepnica	rural	294.2	4,693	Stepnica
Gmina Osina	rural	101.9	2,892	Osina

References

• Polish official population figures 2006