Country Poland Car plates PCT Capital Czarnków | Seat Czarnków Area 1,808 km² | |
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Gminas Total 8 (incl. 1 urban)
Czarnków
Gmina Czarnków
Gmina Drawsko
Gmina Krzyż Wielkopolski
Gmina Lubasz
Gmina Połajewo
Gmina Trzcianka
Gmina Wieleń Voivodeship Greater Poland Voivodeship Points of interest Muzeum Ziemi Nadnoteckiej, Muzeum Ziemi Czarnkowskiej, Park Grzybowy, Pałac Sapiehów w Wieleniu, Drużyna WOPR Anioły | ||
Czarnków-Trzcianka County (Polish: powiat czarnkowsko-trzcianecki) 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 is the town of Czarnków, which lies 61 kilometres (38 mi) north-west of the regional capital Poznań. The county contains three other towns: Trzcianka, 18 km (11 mi) north of Czarnków, Krzyż Wielkopolski, 38 km (24 mi) west of Czarnków, and Wieleń, 27 km (17 mi) west of Czarnków.
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The county covers an area of 1,808.19 square kilometres (698.1 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 86,134, out of which the population of Trzcianka is 16,756, that of Czarnków is 11,356, that of Krzyż Wielkopolski is 6,283, that of Wieleń is 5,940, and the rural population is 45,799.
Neighbouring counties
Czarnków-Trzcianka County is bordered by Wałcz County and Piła County to the north, Chodzież County to the east, Oborniki County and Szamotuły County to the south, Międzychód County to the south-west, and Strzelce-Drezdenko 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.