Opole County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (
powiat) in
Opole Voivodeship, south-western
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 city of
Opole, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate city county). The county contains three towns:
Ozimek, east of Opole,
Niemodlin, west of Opole, and
Prószków, south-west of Opole.