Powiat Żarski

Powiat Żarski
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Lebus
County town :	Żary
Area :	1,393.49 km 2
Residents :	96,496 (June 30, 2019)
Population density :	69 inhabitants / km 2
Telephone code :	(+48) 68
License plate :	FZA
Circle structure
Municipalities :	2
Urban and rural communities :	2
Rural communities :	6th
Starostei (as of 2009)
Starost :	Marek Cieślak
Address:	Al. Jana Pawła II 5 68-200 Żary
Website :	www.powiatzary.pl

The powiat Żarski is a powiat (district) in the Polish Lubusz Voivodeship with the district town of Żary (Sorau) . It lies on the border with Germany between the Lausitz Neisse and the Bober . The powiat has an area of ​​1394 km², on which about 98,000 inhabitants live, and belongs to the Euroregion Neisse .

coat of arms

Description : Divided diagonally right into red and silver; above a silver arrow accompanied by two six-pointed silver stars and below, in gold, a five-pointed red deer pole with a grind.

history

The powiat was formed with the reduction of voivodeships and the reintroduction of the powiate on January 1, 1999. Its area partially corresponds to that of the Prussian district of Sorau (1818–1945).

Communities

The powiat Żarski comprises two municipalities, two urban-and-rural municipalities , whose main towns of the same name have municipal rights, and six rural municipalities:

Boroughs

• Łęknica (Lugknitz) (2,605)
• Żary (Sorau) (38,801)

Urban-and-rural parishes

• Jasień (alleys) (7,216)
• Lubsko (Sommerfeld) (19,332)

Rural communities

• Brody (Pförten) (3,482)
• Lipinki Łużyckie (Linderode) (3,232)
• Przewóz (Priebus) (3,261)
• Trzebiel (Triebel) (5,731)
• Tuplice (Teuplitz) (3,251)
• Żary (11,649)

(Resident on June 30, 2008)

Web links

Commons : Powiat Żarski  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the Powiat (Polish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .