Prudnik County
Prudnik County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland, on the Czech border. 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 Prudnik, which lies south-west of the regional capital Opole. The county also contains the towns of Głogówek, lying east of Prudnik, and Biała Prudnicka, north-east of Prudnik.
The county covers an area of. As of 2019 its total population is 55,325, out of which the population of Prudnik is 21,041, that of Głogówek is 5,592, that of Biała Prudnicka is 2,426, and the rural population is 26,266.Neighbouring counties
Prudnik County is bordered by Nysa County to the north-west, Opole County to the north, Krapkowice County and Kędzierzyn-Koźle County to the east, and Głubczyce County to the south-east. It also borders the Czech Republic to the south.The county is subdivided into four gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
