__NOTOC__ Wadowice County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. 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 Wadowice, the birthplace of Pope John Paul II, which lies south-west of the regional capital Kraków. The county also contains the towns of Andrychów, lying west of Wadowice, and Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, east of Wadowice.
The county covers an area of . As of 2006 its total population is 154,304, out of which the population of Andrychów is 21,691, that of Wadowice is 19,149, that of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is 4,503, and the rural population is 108,961.
Neighbouring counties Wadowice County is bordered by Chrzanów County to the north, Kraków County and Myślenice County to the east, Sucha County to the south, Żywiec County to the south-west, Bielsko County to the west, and Oświęcim County to the north-west.
Administrative division The county is subdivided into 10 gminas (three urban-rural and seven rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
Gmina Type Area(km2) Population(2006) SeatGmina Andrychówurban-rural100.642,893AndrychówGmina Wadowiceurban-rural113.037,481WadowiceGmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowskaurban-rural75.319,210Kalwaria ZebrzydowskaGmina Wieprzrural74.511,493WieprzGmina Brzeźnicarural66.310,232BrzeźnicaGmina Spytkowicerural47.09,376SpytkowiceGmina Tomicerural41.77,232TomiceGmina Stryszówrural46.16,690StryszówGmina Lanckoronarural40.65,819LanckoronaGmina Mucharzrural37.33,878Mucharz
References Polish official population figures 2006