Key facts
- Country
- Poland
- Voivodeship
- Greater Poland
- Seat
- Gostyń
- Gminas
- Total 7 Gmina Borek Wielkopolski Gmina Gostyń Gmina Krobia Gmina Pępowo Gmina Piaski Gmina Pogorzela Gmina Poniec
- Total
- 810.34 km (312.87 sq mi)
- Density
- 93.397/km (241.90/sq mi)
- Urban
- 31,945
- Rural
- 43,738
- Car plates
- PGS
- Website
- http://www.powiat.gostyn.pl
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 73694
- Area
- 810.34
- Official website
- www.powiat.gostyn.pl
- Image
- Monastery of Philip Neri's Oratory on the Holy Hill 2018 P01 aerial view.jpg
- Licence plate code
- PGS
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- Commons category
- Powiat gostyński
- Commons gallery
- Powiat gostyński
- postal code
- 63-800
- inception
- 1999-00-00
- native label
- Powiat gostyński
- P6482
- Gostyń County
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Gostyń County (Polish: powiat gostyński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-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 Gostyń, which lies 59 kilometres (37 mi) south of the regional capital Poznań. The county contains four other towns: Krobia, 11 km (7 mi) south of Gostyń, Poniec, 20 km (12 mi) south-west of Gostyń, Borek Wielkopolski, 17 km (11 mi) east of Gostyń, and Pogorzela, 17 km (11 mi) south-east of Gostyń.
The county covers an area of 810.34 square kilometres (312.9 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 75,683, out of which the population of Gostyń is 20,588, that of Krobia is 4,022, that of Poniec is 2,875, that of Borek Wielkopolski is 2,486, that of Pogorzela is 1,974, and the rural population is 43,738.