Jarocin County
Jarocin County is a unit of territorial administration and local government 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 Jarocin, which lies south-east of the regional capital Poznań. The only other town in the county is Żerków, lying north of Jarocin.
The county covers an area of. As of 2006 its total population is 70,390, out of which the population of Jarocin is 25,834, that of Żerków is 2,058, and the rural population is 42,498.Neighbouring counties
Jarocin County is bordered by Środa Wielkopolska County and Września County to the north, Pleszew County to the east, Krotoszyn County to the south, and Gostyń County and Śrem County to the west.The county is subdivided into four gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
| Gmina | Type | Area
| Population
| Seat |
| Gmina Jarocin | urban-rural | 200.2 | 44,430 | Jarocin |
| Gmina Żerków | urban-rural | 170.5 | 10,555 | Żerków |
| Gmina Jaraczewo | rural | 132.9 | 8,281 | Jaraczewo |
| Gmina Kotlin | rural | 84.1 | 7,124 | Kotlin |
