Ostrów Wielkopolski County

Not to be confused with Ostrów Mazowiecka County, which has the same name in Polish.

Ostrów Wielkopolski County
Powiat ostrowski

County

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Coat of arms

Location within the voivodeship

Coordinates (Ostrów Wielkopolski): 51°39′N 17°42′E / 51.650°N 17.700°ECoordinates: 51°39′N 17°42′E / 51.650°N 17.700°E

Country

Poland

Seat

Total 8 (incl. 1 urban)

Area

• Total

1,160.65 km² (448.13 sq mi)

Population (2006)

• Total

158,407

• Density

140/km² (350/sq mi)

• Urban

84,654

• Rural

73,753

Car plates

POS

Website

http://www.powiat-ostrowski.pl

Ostrów Wielkopolski County (Polish: powiat ostrowski) 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 Ostrów Wielkopolski, which lies 100 kilometres (62 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The county contains three other towns: Nowe Skalmierzyce, 22 km (14 mi) east of Ostrów Wielkopolski, Odolanów, 10 km (6 mi) south of Ostrów Wielkopolski, and Raszków, 8 km (5 mi) north of Ostrów Wielkopolski.

The county covers an area of 1,160.65 square kilometres (448.1 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 158,407, out of which the population of Ostrów Wielkopolski is 72,577, that of Nowe Skalmierzyce is 5,080, that of Odolanów is 4,960, that of Raszków is 2,037, and the rural population is 73,753.

Neighbouring counties

Ostrów Wielkopolski County is bordered by Pleszew County to the north, the city of Kalisz and Kalisz County to the east, Ostrzeszów County to the south-east, Oleśnica County to the south-west, and Milicz County and Krotoszyn County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into eight gminas (one urban, 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
Ostrów Wielkopolski	urban	42.4	72,577
Gmina Ostrów Wielkopolski	rural	207.0	17,969	Ostrów Wielkopolski *
Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce	urban-rural	125.7	15,169	Skalmierzyce
Gmina Odolanów	urban-rural	136.0	13,867	Odolanów
Gmina Przygodzice	rural	163.5	11,320	Przygodzice
Gmina Raszków	urban-rural	134.5	11,275	Raszków
Gmina Sieroszewice	rural	163.5	9,605	Sieroszewice
Gmina Sośnie	rural	187.5	6,625	Sośnie
* seat not part of the gmina

References

Polish official population figures 2006

Gminas of Ostrów Wielkopolski County

Seat: Ostrów Wielkopolski (urban gmina)

Urban-rural gminas	Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce Gmina Odolanów Gmina Raszków

Rural gminas	Gmina Ostrów Wielkopolski Gmina Przygodzice Gmina Sieroszewice Gmina Sośnie

Counties of Greater Poland Voivodeship

City counties	Poznań (capital) Kalisz Konin Leszno

Land counties	Chodzież Czarnków-Trzcianka Gniezno Gostyń Grodzisk Wielkopolski Jarocin Kalisz Kępno Koło Konin Kościan Krotoszyn Leszno Międzychód Nowy Tomyśl Oborniki Ostrów Wielkopolski Ostrzeszów Piła Pleszew Poznań Rawicz Słupca Śrem Środa Wielkopolska Szamotuły Turek Wągrowiec Wolsztyn Września Złotów

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