Międzychód County
Międzychód County
Powiat międzychodzki | |
|---|---|
Location within the voivodeship | |
Division into gminas | |
| Coordinates (Międzychód): 52°36′N 15°53′E / 52.600°N 15.883°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| Seat | Międzychód |
| Gminas | |
| Area | |
• Total | 736.66 km2 (284.43 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 36,329 |
| • Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 16,914 |
| • Rural | 19,415 |
| Car plates | PMI |
| Website | http://www.powiat-miedzychodzki.pl |
Międzychód County (Polish: powiat międzychodzki) 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 Międzychód, which lies 74 kilometres (46 mi) west of the regional capital Poznań. The only other town in the county is Sieraków, lying 16 km (10 mi) east of Międzychód.
The county covers an area of 736.66 square kilometres (284.4 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 36,329, out of which the population of Międzychód is 10,920, that of Sieraków is 5,994, and the rural population is 19,415.