Namysłów County (Polish: powiat namysłowski) 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 and only town is Namysłów, which lies 48 kilometres (30 mi) north of the regional capital Opole. The county covers an area of 747.67 square kilometres (288.7 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 43,957, out of which the population of Namysłów is 16,557 and the rural population is 27,400.