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Wikipedia / Kutno County

Kutno County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Łódź Voivodeship, central Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 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 was 104,124, out of which the population of Kutno was 47,557, that of Żychlin is 8,880, that of Krośniewice was 4,647, and the rural population was 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

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