Kutno County

Kutno County (powiat kutnowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Łódź Voivodeship, central 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 Kutno, which lies north of the regional capital Łódź. The county also contains the towns of Żychlin, lying east of Kutno, and Krośniewice, west of Kutno.

The county covers an area of . As of 2006 its total population is 104,124, out of which the population of Kutno is 47,557, that of Żychlin is 8,880, that of Krośniewice is 4,647, and the rural population is 43,040.

Neighbouring counties

Kutno County is bordered by Włocławek County and Gostynin County to the north, Łowicz County to the east, Łęczyca County to the south, and Koło County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 11 gminas (one urban, two urban-rural and eight rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Kutno	urban	33.6	47,557
Gmina Żychlin	urban-rural	76.7	12,984	Żychlin
Gmina Krośniewice	urban-rural	94.7	9,037	Krośniewice
Gmina Kutno	rural	122.3	8,357	Kutno *
Gmina Bedlno	rural	126.0	6,153	Bedlno
Gmina Krzyżanów	rural	103.0	4,468	Krzyżanów
Gmina Strzelce	rural	90.1	4,178	Strzelce
Gmina Nowe Ostrowy	rural	71.6	3,870	Nowe Ostrowy
Gmina Oporów	rural	67.7	2,753	Oporów
Gmina Łanięta	rural	54.8	2,673	Łanięta
Gmina Dąbrowice	rural	45.9	2,094	Dąbrowice
* seat not part of the gmina

References

• Polish official population figures 2006