Miechów County
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Miechów County
| native_name = Powiat miechowski
| settlement_type = County
| total_type = Total
| image_flag = POL powiat miechowski flag.svg
| image_shield = POL powiat miechowski COA.svg
| image_map = POL powiat miechowski on voivodship map.svg
| map_caption = Location within the voivodeship
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Lesser Poland
| area_total_km2 = 676.73
| population_total = 48948{{Cite web|last=GUS|title=Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June|url=https://stat.gov.pl/en/topics/population/population/population-size-and-structure-and-vital-statistics-in-poland-by-territorial-division-in-2019-as-of-30th-june,3,26.html|access-date=11 September 2020|website=stat.gov.pl|language=en}}| population_as_of = 2019
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_urban = 11612
| population_blank1_title = Rural
| population_blank1 = 37336
| coor_pinpoint = Miechów
| coordinates = {{coord|50|21|28|N|20|1|57|E|region:PL|display=inline,title}}
| seat = Miechów
| parts_type = Gminas
| parts = Total 7
| p1 = Gmina Charsznica
| p2 = Gmina Gołcza
| p3 = Gmina Kozłów
| p4 = Gmina Książ Wielki
| p5 = Gmina Miechów
| p6 = Gmina Racławice
| p7 = Gmina Słaboszów
| blank_name = Car plates
| blank_info = KMI
| website = http://www.miechow.pl }}
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Miechów County ({{langx|pl|powiat miechowski}}) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Miechów, which lies {{convert|34|km|mi|0}} north of the regional capital Kraków.
The county covers an area of {{convert|676.73|km2|sqmi|1}}. As of 2019 its total population is 48,948, out of which the population of Miechów is 11,612 and the rural population is 37,336.
Neighbouring counties
Miechów County is bordered by Jędrzejów County to the north, Pińczów County and Kazimierza County to the east, Proszowice County to the south-east, Kraków County to the south, and Olkusz County and Zawiercie County to the west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into seven gminas (one urban-rural and six rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
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| style="text-align:center;"|Gmina | style="text-align:center;"|Type | style="text-align:center;"|Area | style="text-align:center;"|Population | style="text-align:center;"|Seat |
Gmina Miechów
|urban-rural | style="text-align:right;"|132.9 | style="text-align:right;"|19,680 |
Gmina Charsznica
|rural | style="text-align:right;"|78.3 | style="text-align:right;"|7,459 |
Gmina Gołcza
|rural | style="text-align:right;"|90.3 | style="text-align:right;"|6,049 |
Gmina Książ Wielki
|urban-rural | style="text-align:right;"|137.8 | style="text-align:right;"|5,098 |
Gmina Kozłów
|rural | style="text-align:right;"|85.8 | style="text-align:right;"|4,619 |
Gmina Słaboszów
|rural | style="text-align:right;"|77.0 | style="text-align:right;"|3,526 |
Gmina Racławice
|rural | style="text-align:right;"|59.2 | style="text-align:right;"|2,517 |
References
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{{Lesser Poland Voivodeship}}
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