Kłodzko County
# Kłodzko County

Kłodzko County (Polish: powiat kłodzki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998.

The county covers an area of 1,643 square kilometres (634 sq mi); its territory almost exactly corresponds to the former Bohemian, later Prussian, County of Kladsko (German: Grafschaft Glatz). It is located in a panhandle called Kłodzko Panhandle. The county's administrative seat is the town of Kłodzko; the other towns are: Duszniki-Zdrój, Nowa Ruda, Polanica-Zdrój, Bystrzyca Kłodzka, Kudowa-Zdrój, Lądek-Zdrój, Międzylesie, Radków, Stronie Śląskie and Szczytna. (The suffix Zdrój appearing in several of these names means "spa".)

As of 2019 the total population of the county was 158,600.

## Neighbouring counties

Kłodzko County is bordered by Wałbrzych County to the north-west, Dzierżoniów County to the north and Ząbkowice Śląskie County to the north-east. It also borders the Czech Republic to the east, south and west.

## Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 14 gminas (five urban, six urban-rural and three rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

| Gmina | Type | Area (km²) | Population (2019) | Seat |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Kłodzko | urban | 24.8 | 26,845 | |
| Nowa Ruda | urban | 37.1 | 22,067 | |
| Gmina Bystrzyca Kłodzka | urban-rural | 337.8 | 18,925 | Bystrzyca Kłodzka |
| Gmina Kłodzko | rural | 252.3 | 17,142 | Kłodzko* |
| Gmina Nowa Ruda | rural | 139.7 | 11,599 | Nowa Ruda* |
| Kudowa-Zdrój | urban | 33.9 | 9,892 | |
| Gmina Radków | urban-rural | 139.0 | 9,048 | Radków |
| Gmina Lądek-Zdrój | urban-rural | 117.4 | 8,233 | Lądek-Zdrój |
| Gmina Stronie Śląskie | urban-rural | 146.4 | 7,539 | Stronie Śląskie |
| Gmina Szczytna | urban-rural | 133.2 | 7,276 | Szczytna |
| Gmina Międzylesie | urban-rural | 189.0 | 7,186 | Międzylesie |
| Polanica-Zdrój | urban | 17.2 | 6,324 | |
| Duszniki-Zdrój | urban | 22.3 | 4,584 | |
| Gmina Lewin Kłodzki | rural | 52.2 | 1,940 | Lewin Kłodzki |
| * seat not part of the gmina |||||
