Rawicz County


Rawicz 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 Rawicz, which lies south of the regional capital Poznań. The county contains three other towns: Miejska Górka, north-east of Rawicz, Bojanowo, north-west of Rawicz, and Jutrosin, east of Rawicz.
The county covers an area of. As of 2006, its total population was 59,375. Of this number, Rawicz had 21,301 residents; Miejska Górka, 3,128; Bojanowo, 3,014; Jutrosin, 1,872; and the rural population, 30,060.

Neighbouring counties

Rawicz County is bordered by Gostyń County to the north, Krotoszyn County and Milicz County to the east, Trzebnica County to the south, Góra County to the west, and Leszno County to the north-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 Rawiczurban-rural133.629,434Rawicz
Gmina Miejska Górkaurban-rural103.69,283Miejska Górka
Gmina Bojanowourban-rural123.58,938Bojanowo
Gmina Jutrosinurban-rural114.97,070Jutrosin
Gmina Pakosławrural77.54,650Pakosław