Augustów County
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Augustów County (Template:Langx) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest city is Augustów, which lies Script error: No such module "convert". north of the regional capital Białystok. The only other town in the county is Lipsk, lying Script error: No such module "convert". south-east of Augustów.
The county covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert".. As of 2019 its total population is 58,205.
Neighbouring counties
Augustów County is bordered by Sokółka County to the south-east, Mońki County to the south, Grajewo County and Ełk County to the west, Suwałki County to the north, and Sejny County to the north-east. It also borders Belarus to the east.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into seven gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and five rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
| Gmina | Type | Area (km2) |
Population (2019) |
Seat |
| Augustów | urban | 80.9 | 30,190 | |
| Gmina Augustów | rural | 266.5 | 6,764 | Augustów* |
| Gmina Bargłów Kościelny | rural | 187.6 | 5,545 | Bargłów Kościelny |
| Gmina Lipsk | urban-rural | 184.4 | 5,129 | Lipsk |
| Gmina Sztabin | rural | 361.8 | 5,079 | Sztabin |
| Gmina Nowinka | rural | 203.8 | 2,904 | Nowinka |
| Gmina Płaska | rural | 373.2 | 2,594 | Płaska |
| * seat not part of the gmina | ||||
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