Sulęcin County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat

Powiat

A powiat is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture in other countries. The term powiat is most often translated into English as "county", although other terms are also sometimes used...

) in Lubusz Voivodeship

Lubusz Voivodeship

- Administrative division :Lubusz Voivodeship is divided into 14 counties : 2 city counties and 12 land counties. These are further divided into 83 gminas....

, western Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. 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 Sulęcin

Sulecin

Sulęcin is a town in western Poland with 10638 inhabitants , the capital of Sulecin County, since 1999 in Lubusz Voivodeship.-Geography:...

, which lies 33 km (21 mi) south of Gorzów Wielkopolski

Gorzów Wielkopolski

Gorzów Wielkopolski is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river. It is the biggest city in the Lubusz Voivodeship with 125,149 inhabitants...

 and 63 km (39 mi) north-west of Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra is a city in Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, with 117,557 inhabitants within the city limits and 294,000 inhabitants within the metropolitan area, including three neighbouring counties ....

. The county also contains the towns of Torzym

Torzym

Torzym is a town in Sulęcin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, with 2,466 inhabitants . It is the administrative seat of the urban-rural Gmina Torzym...

, lying 16 km (10 mi) south of Sulęcin, and Lubniewice

Lubniewice

Lubniewice is a town in Sulęcin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland, with 1,924 inhabitants .-History:The first mentioning of a fortress dates back to the Greater Polish duke Przemysł II in 1287...

, 12 km (7 mi) north-east of Sulęcin.

The county covers an area of 1177.43 square kilometres (454.6 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 35,329, out of which the population of Sulęcin is 9,972, that of Torzym is 2,456, that of Lubniewice is 1,929, and the rural population is 20,972.

Neighbouring counties

Sulęcin County is bordered by Gorzów County to the north, Międzyrzecz County

Miedzyrzecz County

Międzyrzecz County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lubusz Voivodeship, 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 Międzyrzecz, which lies ...

 to the east, Świebodzin County

Swiebodzin County

Świebodzin County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lubusz Voivodeship, 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 Świebodzin, which lies north...

 to the south-east, Krosno Odrzańskie County

Krosno Odrzanskie County

Krosno Odrzańskie County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland, on the German border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the town of...

 to the south and Słubice County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into five gmina

Gmina

The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...

s (three urban-rural and two rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Gmina Sulęcin Gmina Sulecin Gmina Sulęcin is an urban-rural gmina in Sulęcin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the town of Sulęcin, which lies approximately south of Gorzów Wielkopolski and north-west of Zielona Góra....	urban-rural	319.7	16,173	Sulęcin Sulecin Sulęcin is a town in western Poland with 10638 inhabitants , the capital of Sulecin County, since 1999 in Lubusz Voivodeship.-Geography:...
Gmina Torzym Gmina Torzym Gmina Torzym is an urban-rural gmina in Sulęcin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the town of Torzym, which lies approximately south of Sulęcin, south of Gorzów Wielkopolski, and north-west of Zielona Góra....	urban-rural	374.9	6,796	Torzym Torzym Torzym is a town in Sulęcin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, with 2,466 inhabitants . It is the administrative seat of the urban-rural Gmina Torzym...
Gmina Słońsk	rural	158.9	4,752	Słońsk
Gmina Krzeszyce Gmina Krzeszyce Gmina Krzeszyce is a rural gmina in Sulęcin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the village of Krzeszyce, which lies approximately north-west of Sulęcin and south-west of Gorzów Wielkopolski....	rural	194.2	4,547	Krzeszyce Krzeszyce Krzeszyce is a village in Sulęcin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Krzeszyce...
Gmina Lubniewice Gmina Lubniewice Gmina Lubniewice is an urban-rural gmina in Sulęcin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the town of Lubniewice, which lies approximately north-east of Sulęcin, south of Gorzów Wielkopolski, and north of Zielona Góra.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...	urban-rural	129.8	3,061	Lubniewice Lubniewice Lubniewice is a town in Sulęcin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland, with 1,924 inhabitants .-History:The first mentioning of a fortress dates back to the Greater Polish duke Przemysł II in 1287...