Rawicz County (Polish: powiat rawicki) 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 Rawicz, which lies 88 kilometres (55 mi) south of the regional capital Poznań.
Localisation
The county contains three other towns: Miejska Górka, 9 km (6 mi) north-east of Rawicz, Bojanowo, 13 km (8 mi) north-west of Rawicz, and Jutrosin, 22 km (14 mi) east of Rawicz. The county covers an area of 553.23 square kilometres (213.6 sq mi). As of 2006, its total population was 59,375. Of this number, Rawicz had 21,301 residents; Miejska Górka, 3,128; Bojanowo, 3,014; Jutrosin, 1,872; and the rural population, 30,060.