Mikołów County


Mikołów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Silesian Voivodeship, southern 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 Mikołów, which lies south-west of the regional capital Katowice. The county also contains the towns of Łaziska Górne, lying south-west of Mikołów, and Orzesze, west of Mikołów.
The county covers an area of. As of 2019 its total population is 98,689, out of which the population of Mikołów is 40,898, that of Łaziska Górne is 22,298, that of Orzesze is 21,043, and the rural population is 14,450.

Neighbouring counties

Mikołów County is bordered by the city of Ruda Śląska to the north, Katowice and Tychy to the east, Pszczyna County and Żory to the south, Rybnik County to the west and Gliwice County to the north-west.

Administrative division

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