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Międzychód County Powiat międzychodzki
County
Flag Coat of arms
Location within the voivodeship
Division into gminas
Coordinates (Międzychód): 52°36′N 15°53′E / 52.600°N 15.883°E / 52.600; 15.883Coordinates: 52°36′N 15°53′E / 52.600°N 15.883°E / 52.600; 15.883
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
Seat	Międzychód
Gminas	Total 4 Gmina Chrzypsko Wielkie Gmina Kwilcz Gmina Międzychód Gmina Sieraków
Area
• Total	736.66 km2 (284.43 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	36,329
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
• Urban	16,914
• Rural	19,415
Car plates	PMI
Website	http://www.powiat-miedzychodzki.pl

Międzychód County (Polish: powiat międzychodzki) 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 Międzychód, which lies 74 kilometres (46 mi) west of the regional capital Poznań. The only other town in the county is Sieraków, lying 16 km (10 mi) east of Międzychód.

The county covers an area of 736.66 square kilometres (284.4 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 36,329, out of which the population of Międzychód is 10,920, that of Sieraków is 5,994, and the rural population is 19,415.

Neighbouring counties

Międzychód County is bordered by Czarnków-Trzcianka County to the north-east, Szamotuły County to the east, Nowy Tomyśl County to the south, Międzyrzecz County to the south-west and Strzelce-Drezdenko 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.

References

• Polish official population figures 2006