Grodzisk Wielkopolski County


Grodzisk Wielkopolski County is a unit of territorial administration and local government 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 Grodzisk Wielkopolski, which lies south-west of the regional capital Poznań. The county also contains the towns of Rakoniewice, lying south-west of Grodzisk Wielkopolski, and Wielichowo, south of Grodzisk Wielkopolski.
The county covers an area of. As of 2006 its total population is 49,444, out of which the population of Grodzisk Wielkopolski is 13,703, that of Rakoniewice is 3,253, that of Wielichowo is 1,765, and the rural population is 30,723.

Neighbouring counties

Grodzisk Wielkopolski County is bordered by Poznań County to the east, Kościan County to the south-east, Wolsztyn County to the south-west and Nowy Tomyśl County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into five gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
GminaTypeArea
Population
Seat
Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolskiurban-rural134.518,616Grodzisk Wielkopolski
Gmina Rakoniewiceurban-rural201.212,515Rakoniewice
Gmina Wielichowourban-rural107.46,894Wielichowo
Gmina Kamieniecrural132.26,498Kamieniec
Gmina Granoworural68.44,921Granowo