Międzychód County


Międzychód 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 Międzychód, which lies west of the regional capital Poznań. The only other town in the county is Sieraków, lying east of Międzychód.
The county covers an area of. As of 2006 its total population is 36,329, out of which the population of Międzychód is 10,920, that of Sieraków is 5,994, and the rural population is 19,415.

Neighbouring counties

Międzychód County is bordered by Czarnków-Trzcianka County to the north-east, Szamotuły County to the east, Nowy Tomyśl County to the south, Międzyrzecz County to the south-west and Strzelce-Drezdenko County to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into four gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
GminaTypeArea
Population
Seat
Gmina Międzychódurban-rural307.218,290Międzychód
Gmina Sierakówurban-rural203.38,649Sieraków
Gmina Kwilczrural141.86,097Kwilcz
Gmina Chrzypsko Wielkierural84.33,293Chrzypsko Wielkie