Kartuzy County

Infobox Settlement
name = Kartuzy County
native_name = Powiat kartuski
settlement_type = County
total_type = Total


image_shield = POL powiat kartuski COA.svg


map_caption = Division into gminas
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Pomeranian
area_total_km2 = 1120.04
population_total = 109311
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 21565
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 87746
coor_type = Kartuzy
latd = 54
latm = 20
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 18
longm = 12
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Kartuzy
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 8
p1 = Gmina Chmielno
p2 = Gmina Kartuzy
p3 = Gmina Przodkowo
p4 = Gmina Sierakowice
p5 = Gmina Somonino
p6 = Gmina Stężyca
p7 = Gmina Sulęczyno
p8 = Gmina Żukowo
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = GKA
website = http://www.kartuskipowiat.com.pl __NOTOC__Kartuzy County ( _pl. powiat kartuski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Kartuzy, which lies convert|29|km|mi|0 west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The only other town in the county is Żukowo, lying convert|11|km|mi|0|abbr=on east of Kartuzy.

The county covers an area of convert|1120.04|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 109,311, out of which the population of Kartuzy is 15,263, that of Żukowo is 6,302, and the rural population is 87,746.

"Kartuzy County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship"

Kartuzy County is bordered by Wejherowo County to the north, the city of Gdynia to the north-east, the city of Gdańsk and Gdańsk County to the east, Kościerzyna County to the south, Bytów County to the west, and Lębork County to the north-west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into eight gminas (two urban-rural and six rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

References

* [http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm Polish official population figures 2006]