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Zwoleń County

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Country
  
Poland

Car plates
  
WZW

Population
  
37,183 (2006)

Voivodeship
  
Masovian Voivodeship

Seat
  
Zwoleń

Area
  
571.2 km²

Capital
  
Zwoleń

Zwoleń County

Gminas
  
Total 5 Gmina Kazanów Gmina Policzna Gmina Przyłęk Gmina Tczów Gmina Zwoleń

Points of interest
  
Muzeum Jana Kochano, Rezerwat przyrody Okólny Ług, Rezerwat przyrody Miodne, Pomnik Jana Kochanowskiego, Zegar Słoneczny

Zwoleń County (Polish: powiat zwoleński) 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 only town is Zwoleń, which lies 104 kilometres (65 mi) south-east of Warsaw.

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Map of Zwole%C5%84 County, Poland

The county covers an area of 571.24 square kilometres (220.6 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 37,183, out of which the population of Zwoleń is 8,176 and the rural population is 29,007.

Neighbouring counties

Zwoleń County is bordered by Kozienice County to the north, Puławy County to the east, Opole Lubelskie County to the south-east, Lipsko County to the south and Radom County to the west.

Administrative division

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

References

Zwoleń County Wikipedia