Kłobuck County (Polish: powiat kłobucki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Kłobuck, which lies 75 kilometres (47 mi) north of the regional capital Katowice. The only other town in the county is Krzepice, lying 16 km (10 mi) west of Kłobuck.

The county covers an area of 889.15 square kilometres (343.3 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 84,730, out of which the population of Kłobuck is 13,193, that of Krzepice is 4,524, and the rural population is 67,013.

[edit] Neighbouring counties

Kłobuck County is bordered by Pajęczno County to the north, the city of Częstochowa and Częstochowa County to the south-east, Lubliniec County to the south-west, Olesno County to the west, and Wieluń County to the north-west.

[edit] Administrative division

The county is subdivided into nine gminas (two urban-rural and seven rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Kłobuck	urban-rural	130.4	20,371	Kłobuck
Gmina Wręczyca Wielka	rural	148.1	17,123	Wręczyca Wielka
Gmina Krzepice	urban-rural	78.8	9,406	Krzepice
Gmina Miedźno	rural	113.2	7,573	Miedźno
Gmina Opatów	rural	73.5	6,733	Opatów
Gmina Lipie	rural	99.1	6,516	Lipie
Gmina Popów	rural	102.2	6,033	Popów
Gmina Przystajń	rural	88.9	5,978	Przystajń
Gmina Panki	rural	55.0	4,997	Panki

[edit] References

Polish official population figures 2006

v • d • e Kłobuck County

Seat: Kłobuck Urban-rural gminas: Gmina Kłobuck • Gmina Krzepice Rural gminas: Gmina Lipie • Gmina Miedźno • Gmina Opatów • Gmina Panki • Gmina Popów • Gmina Przystajń • Gmina Wręczyca Wielka

v • d • e Counties of Silesian Voivodeship

City counties: Katowice (capital) • Bielsko-Biała • Bytom • Chorzów • Częstochowa • Dąbrowa Górnicza • Gliwice • Jastrzębie-Zdrój • Jaworzno • Mysłowice • Piekary Śląskie • Ruda Śląska • Rybnik • Siemianowice Śląskie • Sosnowiec • Świętochłowice • Tychy • Zabrze • Żory Land counties: Będzin • Bielsko • Bieruń-Lędziny • Cieszyn • Częstochowa • Gliwice • Kłobuck • Lubliniec • Mikołów • Myszków • Pszczyna • Racibórz • Rybnik • Tarnowskie Góry • Wodzisław • Zawiercie • Żywiec