Wieruszów poviat - poviat in Poland in the south-west part of the Lodz voivodeship, reactivated in 1999 as part of an administrative reform. Its seat is in the city Wieruszów inhabited by 20% of the total population of the poviat.
Wieruszów County already existed in the years 1816–1870. It was reactivated on November 13, 1954 in the Łódź Voivodeship, as one of the first poviats created just after the introduction of clusters on September 29, 1954 instead of the existing communes as basic administrative units PRL. The Wieruszów poviat was made up of 1 town and 18 clusters, which were excluded from the two neighboring poviats. After abolishing the clusters and reactivating the communes, on January 1, 1973 the Wieruszów poviat was divided into 1 town and 6 communes. After the administrative reform in force from June 1, 1975, the territory of the liquidated Wieruszów County was incorporated into the newly created Kalisz voivodeship. Along with the administrative reform of 1999, the Wieruszów County was restored in the Łódzkie voivodship, in the shape similar to the pre-1975 borders.
It is located in Wysoczyzna Wieruszowska near the border with Opolskie Voivodeship and Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Wieruszów Poviat borders with six poviats: from the north with Ostrzeszów district, from the south with Kluczbork and Oleskie, from the east with Wieluński and Sieradz, from the west with Kępiński.
Historically, the area of Wieruszów County was located in the western part of the Wieluń Land on the border with the Ostrzeszów Land.
The area of the poviat is 577.21 km², which is 3.17% of the area of the Łódzkie voivodeship. The poviat has 42 319 people, which is 1.7% of the entire voivodship's population and gives a population density of 73.3 people / km².
The poviat consists of:
- town (from 1 January 2020) Lututów
- urban-rural commune: Wieruszów,
- rural communes: Bolesławiec, Czastary, Galewice, Lututów, Łubnice, Sokolniki.
Data on the poviat's population according to the Central Statistical Office (GUS) statistics as of June 30, 2012 are as follows:
District 42 319 20 922 21 397; 8 730 4 231 4 499; 33 589 16 691 16 898
gm.w. Bolesławiec 4 099 2 067 2 032; - - -; 4 099 2 067 2 032
gm.w. Czastary 3977 1976 2001; - - -; 3 977 1 976 2 001
gm.w. Galewice 6260 3101 3159; - - -; 6 260 3 101 3 159
gm.w. Lututów 4646 2308 2338; - - -; 4 646 2 308 2 338
gm.w. Łubnice 4125 2043 2082; - - -; 4 125 2 043 2 082
gm.w. Sokolniki 4891 2425 2466; - - -; 4 891 2 425 2 466
gm. m – w. Wieruszów 14 321 7 002 7 319; 8 730 4 231 4 499; 5 591 2 771 2 820
The numbers above mean: total, men, women; cities in general men, women; all villages: men and women.
The moderately diversified landscape has a transitional character between the highlands and lowlands zones. The Prosna River flows through the poviat in the western part.
Forests in the poviat constitute 25.9% of the area.
Legally protected natural areas cover almost 40% of the county's area.
Wieruszów Poviat is located at the intersection of national roads with Lodz down Walichnowów and the international route E75. It is located on the route from Of Warsaw down Wroclaw, has convenient communication and road conditions.
Important communication routes run here - national roads No. 8 Wroclaw – Wieluń – Piotrkow Trybunalski – Warsaw, no.14 Lowicz - Łódź - Sieradz - Walichnowy and No. 450 Abbots – Wieruszów – Kalisz. The railway line No.181 runs through the poviat (Kepno – Wieluń – New coats of arms).
Attractive tourist values enabling the development of active and recreational tourism.
The poviat has one of the densest networks of hiking trails and bicycle paths in the voivodeship.
County website: http://www.powiat-wieruszowski.pl/