Key facts
- Country
- Poland
- Voivodeship
- Lower Silesian
- Seat
- Świdnica
- Gminas
- Total 8 (incl. 2 urban) Świdnica Świebodzice Gmina Dobromierz Gmina Jaworzyna Śląska Gmina Marcinowice Gmina Strzegom Gmina Świdnica Gmina Żarów
- Total
- 742.89 km (286.83 sq mi)
- Density
- 211.58/km (547.98/sq mi)
- Urban
- 107,783
- Rural
- 49,395
- Car plates
- DSW
- Website
- https://www.powiat.swidnica.pl/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- powiat
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Wałbrzych Voivodeship
- Contains
- Gmina Marcinowice
- Capital
- Świdnica
- Population
- 150834
- Area
- 742.89
- Shares border with
- Wałbrzych County
- Official website
- www.swidnica.pl
- Image
- Świdnica 04.jpg
- Licence plate code
- DSW
Show 5 more facts
- P6482
- Świdnica County
- Commons category
- Powiat świdnicki, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
- topic's main category
- Category:Świdnica County
- postal code
- 58-100
- topic has template
- Template:Świdnica County
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Encyclopedic overview
Świdnica County (Polish: powiat świdnicki) 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 742.9 square kilometres (286.8 sq mi). Its administrative seat is Świdnica, and it also contains the towns of Świebodzice, Strzegom, Jaworzyna Śląska and Żarów.
As of 2019 the total population of the county is 157,178. The most populated towns are Świdnica with 57,041 inhabitants, Świebodzice with 22,793 inhabitants, and Strzegom with 16,106 inhabitants.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Świdnica County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.