Jawor County (powiat jaworski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (
powiat) in
Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western
Poland. It was created on
January 1,
1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The county covers an area of . Its administrative seat is the town of
Jawor; the only other town in the county is
Bolków.
As at 2006 the total population of the county is 52,058, out of which the population of Jawor is 24,347, the population of Bolków is 5,380, and the rural population is 22,331.
Neighbouring counties
Jawor County is bordered by
Legnica County and
Zielona Góra County to the north,
Środa Śląska County to the east,
Świdnica County to the south-east,
Wałbrzych County and
Kamienna Góra County to the south, and
Jelenia Góra County and
Złotoryja County to the west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into six
gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and four rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
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