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Grójec County

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Country
  
Poland

Car plates
  
WGR

Area
  
1,269 km²

Voivodeship
  
Masovian Voivodeship

Seat
  
Grójec

Capital
  
Grojec, Oświęcim County

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Gminas
  
Total 10 Gmina Belsk Duży Gmina Błędów Gmina Chynów Gmina Goszczyn Gmina Grójec Gmina Jasieniec Gmina Mogielnica Gmina Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą Gmina Pniewy Gmina Warka

Grójec County (Polish: powiat grójecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-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 Grójec, which lies 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Warsaw. The county contains three other towns: Warka, 25 km (16 mi) east of Grójec, Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą, 34 km (21 mi) south-west of Grójec, and Mogielnica, 22 km (14 mi) south-west of Grójec.

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Map of Gr%C3%B3jec County, Poland

The county covers an area of 1,268.82 square kilometres (489.9 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 96,489, out of which the population of Grójec is 14,990, that of Warka is 11,028, that of Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą is 3,832, that of Mogielnica is 2,461, and the rural population is 64,178.

Neighbouring counties

Grójec County is bordered by Grodzisk Mazowiecki County and Piaseczno County to the north, Otwock County to the north-east, Garwolin County and Kozienice County to the east, Białobrzegi County and Przysucha County to the south, Tomaszów Mazowiecki County and Rawa County to the west, and Żyrardów County to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 10 gminas (four urban-rural and six rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

References

Grójec County Wikipedia