Kłodzko County
County in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kłodzko County (Polish: powiat kłodzki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998.
Kłodzko County
Powiat kłodzki | |
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Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
Seat | Kłodzko |
Gminas | |
Area | |
• Total | 1,643.37 km2 (634.51 sq mi) |
Population (2019-06-30[1]) | |
• Total | 158,600 |
• Density | 97/km2 (250/sq mi) |
• Urban | 101,249 |
• Rural | 57,351 |
Car plates | DKL |
Website | http://www.powiat.klodzko.pl |
The county covers an area of 1,643 square kilometres (634 sq mi); its territory almost exactly corresponds to the former Bohemian, later Prussian, County of Kladsko. It is located in a panhandle called Kłodzko Panhandle. The county's administrative seat is the town of Kłodzko; the other towns are: Duszniki-Zdrój, Nowa Ruda, Polanica-Zdrój, Bystrzyca Kłodzka, Kudowa-Zdrój, Lądek-Zdrój, Międzylesie, Radków, Stronie Śląskie and Szczytna. (The suffix Zdrój appearing in several of these names means "spa".)
As of 2019 the total population of the county was 158,600.