Sejny County

Infobox Settlement
name = Sejny County
native_name = Powiat sejneński
settlement_type = County
total_type = Total


image_shield =
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Podlaskie
area_total_km2 = 856.07
population_total = 21331
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 5934
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 15397
coor_type = Sejny
latd = 54
latm = 7
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 23
longm = 22
longs =
longEW = E
seat = Sejny
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 5 (incl. 1 urban)
p1 = Sejny
p2 = Gmina Giby
p3 = Gmina Krasnopol
p4 = Gmina Puńsk
p5 = Gmina Sejny
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = BSE
website = http://www.powiat.sejny.pl/ __NOTOC__Sejny County ( _pl. powiat sejneński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, in the extreme north-east of Poland, on the border with Lithuania and Belarus. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Sejny, which lies convert|112|km|mi|0 north of the regional capital Białystok.

The county covers an area of convert|856.07|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 21,331, out of which the population of Sejny is 5,934 and the rural population is 15,397.

Neighbouring counties

Sejny County is bordered by Augustów County to the south and Suwałki County to the west. It also borders Lithuania to the north-east and Belarus to the east.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into five gminas (one urban and four 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]