Szczytno County
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Szczytno County (Template:Langx) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern 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 Szczytno, which lies Template:Convert south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn. The only other town in the county is Pasym, lying Template:Convert north-west of Szczytno.[1]
The county covers an area of Template:Convert.[2] As of 2006 its total population is 69,289, out of which the population of Szczytno is 25,680, that of Pasym is 2,550, and the rural population is 41,059.[3]
Neighbouring counties
Szczytno County is bordered by Mrągowo County to the north, Pisz County to the east, Ostrołęka County to the south-east, Przasnysz County to the south, Nidzica County to the west and Olsztyn County to the north-west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into eight gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and six rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
| Gmina | Type | Area (km²) |
Population (2006) |
Seat |
| Szczytno | urban | 10.0 | 25,680 | |
| Gmina Szczytno | rural | 347.3 | 10,454 | Szczytno * |
| Gmina Dźwierzuty | rural | 263.4 | 6,631 | Dźwierzuty |
| Gmina Wielbark | urban-rural | 347.9 | 6,257 | Wielbark |
| Gmina Świętajno | rural | 279.8 | 5,879 | Świętajno |
| Gmina Rozogi | rural | 224.0 | 5,643 | Rozogi |
| Gmina Pasym | urban-rural | 149.4 | 5,184 | Pasym |
| Gmina Jedwabno | rural | 311.5 | 3,561 | Jedwabno |
| * seat not part of the gmina | ||||
Historical population
In 1825 Szczytno County (Kreis Ortelsburg) had 38028 inhabitants, including by mother tongue: 34928 (~92%) Polish and 3100 (~8%) German.[4][5][6]
References
- ↑ Odległości między miastami (Distances between towns)
- ↑ GIOS (Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection) Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Polish official population figures 2006
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