Mogilno County

Mogilno County (Polish: powiat mogileński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-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 and largest town is Mogilno, which lies 52 km (32 mi) south of Bydgoszcz and 62 km (39 mi) south-west of Toruń. The only other town in the county is Strzelno, lying 16 km (10 mi) east of Mogilno.

The county covers an area of 675.86 square kilometres (261.0 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 46,875, out of which the population of Mogilno is 12,359, that of Strzelno is 6,054, and the rural population is 28,462.

Neighbouring counties

Mogilno County is bordered by Inowrocław County to the north-east, Konin County and Słupca County to the south, Gniezno County to the west, and Żnin County to the north-west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Mogilno	urban-rural	256.1	24,822	Mogilno
Gmina Strzelno	urban-rural	185.3	12,308	Strzelno
Gmina Jeziora Wielkie	rural	124.0	5,034	Jeziora Wielkie
Gmina Dąbrowa	rural	110.5	4,711	Dąbrowa

References

Polish official population figures 2006

Mogilno County

Seat: Mogilno

Urban-rural gminas	Gmina Mogilno Gmina Strzelno

Rural gminas	Gmina Dąbrowa Gmina Jeziora Wielkie

Counties of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

City counties	Bydgoszcz (governor's seat) Toruń (assembly seat) Grudziądz Włocławek

Land counties	Aleksandrów Brodnica Bydgoszcz Chełmno Golub-Dobrzyń Grudziądz Inowrocław Lipno Mogilno Nakło Radziejów Rypin Sępólno Świecie Toruń Tuchola Wąbrzeźno Włocławek Żnin

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