Konin County

Konin County

Powiat koniński
Konin County Powiat koniński
County
	Coat of arms
	Location within the voivodeship
	Coordinates (Konin): 52°13′N 18°16′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
Seat	Konin
Gminas	Total 14 Gmina Golina; Gmina Grodziec; Gmina Kazimierz Biskupi; Gmina Kleczew; Gmina Kramsk; Gmina Krzymów; Gmina Rychwał; Gmina Rzgów; Gmina Skulsk; Gmina Ślesin; Gmina Sompolno; Gmina Stare Miasto; Gmina Wierzbinek; Gmina Wilczyn;
Area
• Total	1,578.71 km2 (609.54 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	123,646
• Density	78/km2 (200/sq mi)
• Urban	17,677
• Rural	105,969
Car plates	PKN
Website	http://www.powiat.konin.pl

Konin County (Polish: powiat koniński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) 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 is the city of Konin, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The county contains five towns: Golina, 12 km (7 mi) north-west of Konin, Kleczew, 19 km (12 mi) north of Konin, Sompolno, 27 km (17 mi) north-east of Konin, Ślesin, 17 km (11 mi) north of Konin, and Rychwał, 18 km (11 mi) south of Konin.

The county covers an area of 1,578.71 square kilometres (609.5 sq mi). As of 2006, its total population is 123,646, out of which the population of Golina is 4,330, that of Kleczew is 4,173, that of Sompolno is 3,695, that of Ślesin is 3,102, that of Rychwał is 2,377, and the rural population is 105,969.

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