Its administrative seat and only town is Wieruszów, which lies 106 kilometres (66 mi) south-west of the regional capital Łódź.

The county covers an area of 576.22 square kilometres (222.5 sq mi).

Despite pleading to be allowed to get out, they were forced to stay as Germans threw down several grenades, murdering 14 women and children on the spot and wounding 3 of them.

A day later the same Germans who committed the murder came back and burned down 20 homes along with the livestock.

Villagers who tried to escape their burning homes were gunned down by the Germans who behaved as they were making a hunt for animals.