Goleniów County


Goleniów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western 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 Goleniów, which lies north-east of the regional capital Szczecin. The county also contains the towns of Nowogard, lying north-east of Goleniów, and Maszewo, south-east of Goleniów.
The county covers an area of. As of 2006 its total population is 78,738, out of which the population of Goleniów is 22,448, that of Nowogard is 16,745, that of Maszewo is 3,073, and the rural population is 36,472.

Neighbouring counties

Goleniów County is bordered by Kamień County and Gryfice County to the north, Łobez County to the east, Stargard County to the south, the city of Szczecin to the south-west, Police County to the west, and the city of Świnoujście to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into six gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.