Car plates ELC Capital Łowicz Team Pelikan Łowicz | Seat Łowicz Area 987.1 km² | |
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Gminas Total 10 (incl. 1 urban)ŁowiczGmina BielawyGmina ChąśnoGmina DomaniewiceGmina KiernoziaGmina Kocierzew PołudniowyGmina ŁowiczGmina ŁyszkowiceGmina NieborówGmina Zduny Points of interest Nieborów Palace, Muzeum w Łowiczu, Muzeum w Nieborowie i Arkadii, Park w Nieborowie, Park w Arkadii | ||
Łowicz County (Polish: powiat łowicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Łódź Voivodeship, 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 only town is Łowicz, which lies 48 kilometres (30 mi) north-east of the regional capital Łódź.
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Map of %C5%81owicz County, Poland
The county covers an area of 987.13 square kilometres (381.1 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 82,338, out of which the population of Łowicz is 30,204 and the rural population is 52,134.
Neighbouring counties
Łowicz County is bordered by Sochaczew County to the north-east, Skierniewice County to the south-east, Brzeziny County to the south, Zgierz County to the south-west, Łęczyca County and Kutno County to the west, and Gostynin County to the north-west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into 10 gminas (one urban and nine rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.