Kościan County

Infobox Settlement
name = Kościan County
native_name = Powiat kościański
settlement_type =

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image_shield = POL powiat kościański COA.svg

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map_caption = Location within the voivodeship
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Greater Poland
area_total_km2 = 722.53
population_total = 77760
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 36236
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 41524
coor_type = Kościan
latd = 52
latm = 5
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 16
longm = 39
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Kościan
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 5 (incl. 1 urban)
p1 = Kościan
p2 = Gmina Czempiń
p3 = Gmina Kościan
p4 = Gmina Krzywiń
p5 = Gmina Śmigiel
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = PKS
website = http://www.powiatkoscian.pl __NOTOC__Kościan County ( _pl. powiat kościański) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Kościan, which lies convert|40|km|mi|0 south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The county contains three other towns: Śmigiel, convert|13|km|mi|0|abbr=on south-west of Kościan, Czempiń, convert|13|km|mi|0|abbr=on north-east of Kościan, and Krzywiń, convert|18|km|mi|0|abbr=on south-east of Kościan.

The county covers an area of convert|722.53|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 77,760, out of which the population of Kościan is 24,102, that of Śmigiel is 5,452, that of Czempiń is 5,135, that of Krzywiń is 1,547, and the rural population is 41,524.

Neighbouring counties

Kościan County is bordered by Poznań County to the north, Śrem County to the east, Gostyń County to the south-east, Leszno County to the south, Wolsztyn County to the west and Grodzisk Wielkopolski County to the north-west.

Administrative division

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

References

* [http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm Polish official population figures 2006]