Góra County

Góra County Powiat górowski
County
Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
Seat	Góra
Gminas	Total 4 Gmina Góra Gmina Jemielno Gmina Niechlów Gmina Wąsosz
Area
• Total	738.11 km2 (284.99 sq mi)
Population  (2019-06-30)
• Total	35,047
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
• Urban	14,459
• Rural	20,588
Car plates	DGR
Website	http://www.powiatgora.pl/

Góra County (Polish: powiat górowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of 738.11 square kilometres (285.0 sq mi). Its administrative seat is the town of Góra; the only other town in the county is Wąsosz.

As of 2019 the total population of the county is 35,047, out of which the population of Góra is 11,797, the population of Wąsosz is 2,662, and the rural population is 20,588.

Neighbouring counties

Góra County is bordered by Leszno County to the north, Rawicz County to the east, Trzebnica County to the south-east, Wołów County to the south, Lubin County to the south-west, Głogów County to the west and Wschowa 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 (2019)	Seat
Gmina Góra	urban-rural	268.7	19,956	Góra
Gmina Wąsosz	urban-rural	193.6	7,161	Wąsosz
Gmina Niechlów	rural	152.0	4,911	Niechlów
Gmina Jemielno	rural	123.8	3,019	Jemielno