Country Poland Car plates FNW Capital Nowa Sól | Seat Nowa Sól Area 770.6 km² Voivodeship Lubusz Voivodeship | |
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Gminas Total 8 (incl. 1 urban)
Nowa Sól
Gmina Bytom Odrzański
Gmina Kolsko
Gmina Kożuchów
Gmina Nowa Sól
Gmina Nowe Miasteczko
Gmina Otyń
Gmina Siedlisko Points of interest Muzeum Miejskie w Nowej Soli, Winnica KINGA, Annabrzeskie Wąwozy, Wieża ciśnień, Plac zabaw w Lipinach | ||
Nowa Sól County (Polish: powiat nowosolski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western 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 Nowa Sól, which lies 22 km (14 mi) south-east of Zielona Góra and 109 km (68 mi) south of Gorzów Wielkopolski. The county contains three other towns: Kożuchów, lying 10 km (6 mi) south-west of Nowa Sól, Bytom Odrzański, lying 11 km (7 mi) south-east of Nowa Sól, and Nowe Miasteczko, 13 km (8 mi) south of Nowa Sól.
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Map of Nowa S%C3%B3l County, Poland
The county covers an area of 770.58 square kilometres (297.5 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 86,773, out of which the population of Nowa Sól is 40,351, that of Kożuchów is 9,592, that of Bytom Odrzański is 4,365, that of Nowe Miasteczko is 2,828, and the rural population is 29,637.
From 1999 until 2002, Nowa Sól County also included the areas which now comprise Wschowa County (the towns and gminas of Wschowa, Sława and Szlichtyngowa).
Neighbouring counties
Nowa Sól County is bordered by Wolsztyn County to the north-east, Wschowa County and Głogów County to the east, Żagań County to the south-west, and Zielona Góra County to the north-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.