Puck County

Infobox Settlement
name = Puck County
native_name = Powiat pucki
settlement_type =

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image_shield = POL Coa powiat pucki.svg

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map_caption = Division into gminas
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Pomeranian
area_total_km2 = 577.85
population_total = 74196
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 34152
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 40044
coor_type = Puck
latd = 54
latm = 42
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 18
longm = 24
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Puck
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 7 (incl. 4 urban)
p1 = Hel
p2 = Jastarnia
p3 = Puck
p4 = Władysławowo
p5 = Gmina Kosakowo
p6 = Gmina Krokowa
p7 = Gmina Puck
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = GPU
website = http://www.starostwo.puck.pl __NOTOC__Puck County ( _pl. powiat pucki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Baltic coast. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat is the town of Puck, which lies convert|40|km|mi|0 north of the regional capital Gdańsk. The county contains three other towns: Władysławowo, convert|16|km|mi|0|abbr=on north of Puck, Jastarnia, convert|18|km|mi|0|abbr=on east of Puck, and Hel, convert|29|km|mi|0|abbr=on east of Puck, at the tip of the Hel Peninsula.

The county covers an area of convert|577.85|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 74,196, out of which the population of Władysławowo is 14,892, that of Puck is 11,329, that of Jastarnia is 4,033, that of Hel is 3,898, and the rural population is 40,044.

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

Puck County is bordered by the city of Gdynia to the south and Wejherowo County to the south-west. It also borders the Bay of Puck to the east and the Baltic Sea to the north.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into seven gminas (four urban and three 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]