Karkonosze County

Jelenia Góra County Powiat jeleniogórski
County
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
Seat	Jelenia Góra
Gminas	Total 9 (incl. 4 urban) Karpacz Kowary Piechowice Szklarska Poręba Gmina Janowice Wielkie Gmina Jeżów Sudecki Gmina Myslakowice Gmina Podgórzyn Gmina Stara Kamienica
Area
• Total	628.21 km2 (242.55 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	63,817
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
• Urban	30,475
• Rural	33,342
Car plates	DJE
Website	http://www.starostwo.jgora.pl

Jelenia Góra County (Polish: powiat jeleniogórski) 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 628.2 square kilometres (242.5 sq mi). Its administrative seat is the city of Jelenia Góra, although this city is not part of the county (it forms a separate city county, which is an enclave within Jelenia Góra County). There are four towns within the county: Karpacz, Szklarska Poręba, Kowary and Piechowice. The first two of these are major ski resorts.

As at 2006 the total population of the county is 63,817, out of which the population of the towns totals 30,475, and the rural population is 33,342.

Neighbouring counties

Apart from the city of Jelenia Góra, Jelenia Góra County is bordered by Lwówek Śląski County and Złotoryja County to the north, and Jawor County and Kamienna Góra County to the east. It also borders the Czech Republic to the south and west.

Administrative division

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

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Kowary	urban	37.4	11,824
Gmina Mysłakowice	rural	88.8	9,990	Mysłakowice
Gmina Podgórzyn	rural	82.5	7,833	Podgórzyn
Szklarska Poręba	urban	75.4	7,094
Piechowice	urban	43.2	6,494
Gmina Jeżów Sudecki	rural	94.4	6,303	Jeżów Sudecki
Gmina Stara Kamienica	rural	110.5	5,150	Stara Kamienica
Karpacz	urban	38.0	5,063
Gmina Janowice Wielkie	rural	58.1	4,066	Janowice Wielkie

References

• Polish official population figures 2006