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Oborniki County

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Country
  
Poland

Car plates
  
POB

Capital
  
Oborniki

Seat
  
Oborniki

Area
  
712.6 km²

Oborniki County

Gminas
  
Total 3 Gmina Oborniki Gmina Rogoźno Gmina Ryczywół

Voivodeship
  
Greater Poland Voivodeship

Points of interest
  
Muzeum Regionalne im Wojci, Muzeum Młynarstwa i Wodnyc, Rezerwat przyrody Słonawy, Bagno Chlebowo, Pałac w Siernikach

Oborniki County (Polish: powiat obornicki) 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 Oborniki, which lies 29 kilometres (18 mi) north of the regional capital Poznań. The only other town in the county is Rogoźno, lying 17 km (11 mi) north-east of Oborniki.

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Map of Oborniki County, Poland

The county covers an area of 712.65 square kilometres (275.2 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 55,976, out of which the population of Oborniki is 17,850, that of Rogoźno is 10,905, and the rural population is 27,221.

Neighbouring counties

Oborniki County is bordered by Czarnków-Trzcianka County and Chodzież County to the north, Wągrowiec County to the east, Poznań County to the south, and Szamotuły County to the west.

Administrative division

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

References

Oborniki County Wikipedia